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laugh line

laugh line noun: either of the two skin folds that run from each side of the nose to the corners of the mouth.

laugh line: either of the two skin folds that run from each side of the nose to the corners of the mouth
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Noun

laugh line (plural laugh lines)

  1. (plural-normally) Either of the two skin folds that run from each side of the nose to the corners of the mouth.
    • She studied his face. The bushy brows he refused to let her trim, the laugh lines that branched out from his nostrils to kiss the edges of his full lips, the chin that could have been chiselled out of stone.2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 157
    Synonyms:
    smile line, nasolabial fold, laughter lines

Synonyms of laugh line

Forms of laugh line

plurallaugh lines

Questions about laugh line

What does laugh line mean?
Laugh line means either of the two skin folds that run from each side of the nose to the corners of the mouth.
What part of speech is laugh line?
Laugh line is a noun.
What is the plural of laugh line?
The plural of laugh line is laugh lines.

Words near laugh line in the dictionary

  1. laugh down
  2. laugh in one's sleeve
  3. laugh in someone's face
  4. laugh like a drain
  5. laugh like a hyena
  6. laugh line
  7. laugh lines
  8. laugh machine
  9. laugh machines
  10. laugh off
  11. laugh on the other side of one's face

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