forehead

Meaning

1. The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline.
2. confidence; audacity; impudence.
3. The upper part of a mobile phone, above the screen.

Concepts

forehead

brow

face

front

head

frontal bone

frontal

os frontale

temple

hair

battlefront

frontage

apex

crown

pinnacle

tip top

frontlet

anterior part

fore

fore part

forequarter

frons

skull

head hair

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɔː(ɹ)hɛd/

Etymology

From Middle English forhed, forheed, from Old English forehēafod, from Proto-West Germanic *forēhaubid, corresponding to fore- + head. Cognate with Scots foreheid (“forehead”), Dutch voorhoofd (“forehead”), German Vorhaupt (“forehead”), Danish forhoved (“brow; forehead; face”). Compare also West Frisian foarholle (“forehead”), German Low German Vörkopp (“forehead”).

Sentences

Vibhuti smeared across the forehead to the end of both eyebrows is called Tripundra.