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deathmask

deathmask is the alternative form 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

Forms of deathmask

pluraldeathmasks

Questions about deathmask

What is deathmask the alternative form of?
Deathmask is the alternative form of death mask.

Words near deathmask in the dictionary

  1. deathly
  2. deathly pale
  3. deathmaking
  4. deathmarch
  5. deathmarches
  6. deathmask
  7. deathmasks
  8. deathmatch
  9. deathmatched
  10. deathmatcher
  11. deathmatchers

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