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death mask

death mask noun: a plaster or similar cast of a person's face after death.

death mask: a plaster or similar cast of a person's face after death
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Noun

death mask (plural death masks)

  1. A plaster or similar cast of a person's face after death.
    • The cave, abandoned long ago by shepherds, is draped with weird symbols, death masks, amulets and gargoyles.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 68

death mask meaning in Arabic, Indonesian and Persian

death mask in Arabic

a plaster or similar cast
قناع الموت

death mask in Indonesian

a plaster or similar cast
topeng kematian

death mask in Persian

a plaster or similar cast
ماسک مرگ

Forms of death mask

pluraldeath masks

Questions about death mask

What does death mask mean?
Death mask means a plaster or similar cast of a person's face after death.
What is death mask in Arabic?
Death mask in Arabic is قناع الموت. See Death mask meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is death mask?
Death mask is a noun.
What is the plural of death mask?
The plural of death mask is death masks.

Words near death mask in the dictionary

  1. death lists
  2. death loop
  3. death loops
  4. death march
  5. death marches
  6. death mask
  7. death masks
  8. death messenger
  9. death messengers
  10. death metal
  11. death metaller

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