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death masks

death masks is the plural of death mask.

Meaning of death mask

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

Questions about death masks

What is death masks the plural of?
Death masks is the plural of death mask.

Words near death masks in the dictionary

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

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