eyebrow

English

/ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/

noun
Definitions
  • The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
  • (construction) A dormer, usually of small size, whose roof line over the upright face is typically an arched curve, turning into a reverse curve to meet the horizontal line at either end.
  • A clump of waste fibres that builds up in a roller machine.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English eȝebreu inherited from Old English ēaganbrū (eyebrow) compound from English eye + English brow.

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English

brow

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