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Mascara

//ˌmæsˈkɑːɹə// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city and provincial capital in northwestern Algeria.
  2. 2
    A province of Algeria.
Noun
  1. 1
    A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes. countable, uncountable

    "apply mascara"

  2. 2
    makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To apply mascara to the eyelashes

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Italian maschera (“mask”).

Etymology 2

From Italian maschera (“mask”).

Etymology 3

From Arabic مُعَسْكَر (muʕaskar, “encampment”), from عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “soldiers, army”).

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