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life mask

life mask noun: a mold or cast that is made from the face of a living person.

Noun

life mask (plural life masks)

  1. A mold or cast that is made from the face of a living person.
    • The fashioning of a life mask in plaster of Paris is a rather disagreeable experience from the point of view of the subject, who has to recline quietly with eyes closed during the application and setting of the plaster mold material.1947, Jack C. Rich, The Materials and Methods of Sculpture, page 107

Forms of life mask

plurallife masks

Questions about life mask

What does life mask mean?
Life mask means a mold or cast that is made from the face of a living person.
What part of speech is life mask?
Life mask is a noun.
What is the plural of life mask?
The plural of life mask is life masks.

Words near life mask in the dictionary

  1. life lines
  2. life list
  3. life lists
  4. life long
  5. life lore
  6. life mask
  7. life masks
  8. Life Master
  9. Life Masters
  10. life member
  11. life members

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