mustache

mus·tache

also mous·tache M0452500 (mŭs′tăsh′, mə-stăsh′)n.1. The hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when cultivated and groomed.2. Something similar to the cultivated, groomed hair on the human upper lip, as:a. A group of bristles or hairs about the mouth of an animal.b. Distinctive coloring or feathers near the beak of a bird.c. Food or drink sticking conspicuously to the upper lip: wiped the milk mustache from my face.

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[French moustache, from Italian dialectal mustaccio, from Medieval Greek moustakion, from Greek mustax, mustache, upper lip.]

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mus′tached (mŭs′tăsht, mə-stăsht′) adj.

mustache

(məˈstɑːʃ) n (Hairdressing & Grooming) the US spelling of moustache musˈtached adj

mus•tache

(ˈmʌs tæʃ, məˈstæʃ)

n. 1. the hair growing on the upper lip. 2. such hair on men, often trimmed in any of various shapes. 3. hairs or bristles growing near the mouth of an animal. 4. a stripe of color, or elongated feathers, on the side of the head of a bird. [1575–85; < Middle French moustache < Italian mostaccio] mus′tached, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mustache - an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip; "he looked younger after he shaved off his mustache"moustachefacial hair - hair on the face (especially on the face of a man)beard, face fungus, whiskers - the hair growing on the lower part of a man's facesoup-strainer, toothbrush - slang for a mustachehandle-bars, moustachio, mustachio - a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth)walrus moustache, walrus mustache - a bushy droopy mustache

Translations

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