/mæsk, mɑsk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [mask, mahsk] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.
2.a grotesque or humorous false face worn at a carnival, masquerade, etc.: Halloween masks.
3.Also called swim mask. a device consisting typically of a transparent glass or plastic panel fitted into a flexible rubber gasket that fits snugly around the eyes, over the cheeks, and usually over the nose: used by skin divers.
4.anything that disguises or conceals; disguise; pretense: His politeness is a mask for his fundamentally malicious personality.
5.a likeness of a face, as one molded on the face in plaster. Compare death mask, life mask.
6.a covering of wire, gauze, etc., to protect the face, as from splinters, dust, or a pitched ball.
7.gas mask.
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