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eyeliner

US/ˈaɪˌlaɪnɚ/

eyeliner noun: makeup used to outline the eye, generally applied along or close to the lashline.

Noun

eyeliner (countable and uncountable, plural eyeliners)

  1. Makeup used to outline the eye, generally applied along or close to the lashline.
    • Do you need to wear eyeliner? As with any makeup step, eyeliner is completely optional. From an artistic perspective, if you are wearing eyeshadow, I almost always recommend wearing eyeliner, unless your eyelids and eyelashes are obscured by the eyebrow area. Eyeliner is a basic part of an...2004, Paula Begoun, The Complete Beauty Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Smart Beauty, Rodale Inc., →ISBN, page 419

eyeliner meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

eyeliner in Tamil

அஞ்சனம்

eyeliner in Vietnamese

makeup
bút kẻ mắt

Examples of eyeliner in a sentence

  • That white eyeliner is such a serve.
  • Claire sipped a latte made by a barista with a nose ring and Dothrakian eyeliner.
  • She picked up her black eyeliner and worked at her brows to achieve a scouse brow.

All 10 example sentences with eyeliner

Forms of eyeliner

pluraleyeliners
alternative formeye liner
alternative formeye-liner

Plural of eyeliner: eyeliners

Origin of eyeliner

From eye + liner.

Words formed from eyeliner

Questions about eyeliner

What does eyeliner mean?
Eyeliner means makeup used to outline the eye, generally applied along or close to the lashline.
What is eyeliner in Tamil?
Eyeliner in Tamil is அஞ்சனம். See Eyeliner meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is eyeliner?
Eyeliner is a noun.
How do you pronounce eyeliner?
Eyeliner is pronounced /ˈaɪˌlaɪnɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of eyeliner?
The plural of eyeliner is eyeliners.

Words near eyeliner in the dictionary

  1. eyelift
  2. eyelifts
  3. eyelike
  4. eyeline
  5. eyelined
  6. eyeliner
  7. eyelinered
  8. eyeliners
  9. eyelines
  10. eyelobe
  11. eyelobes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: eyeliner (page history and authors); eyeliner (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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