US /braʊ/ UK /braʊ/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the forehead, or the edge of a hill or cliff

    He wiped the sweat from his brow.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the forehead, or the edge... foreheadeyebrowtemplecrestedgebrink
Word family
Related forms browbeateyebrow

Etymology

From Old English brū ('eyebrow, eyelid'), from Proto-Germanic *brūs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs ('eyebrow').

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