Definitions for eyelashˈaɪˌlæʃ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

eye•lashˈaɪˌlæʃ(n.)

  1. any of the short hairs growing as a fringe on the edge of an eyelid.

    Category: Anatomy

  2. Usu., eyelashes. the fringe formed by these hairs.

    Category: Anatomy

Origin of eyelash:

1745–55

Princeton's WordNet

  1. eyelash, lash, cilium(noun)

    any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

Wiktionary

  1. eyelash(Noun)

    One of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Eyelash(noun)

    the fringe of hair that edges the eyelid; -- usually in the pl

  2. Eyelash(noun)

    a hair of the fringe on the edge of the eyelid


Translations for eyelash

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

eyelash(noun)

one of the (rows of) hairs that grow on the edge of the eyelids

She looked at him through her eyelashes.

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