eyebrow
Significat (English)
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- The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
- 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.
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Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/
Etimologia (English)
In summary
From Middle English eȝebreu, alteration of Old English ēaganbrū (“eyebrow”), equivalent to eye + brow. The corresponding Old English ēagbrǣw meant "eyelid". Compare Dutch oogbrauw (“eyelid; eyelash; eyebrow”), German Augenbraue (“eyebrow”).
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