eyebrow

B2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/ See IPA manual

Freq #17016

Meanings

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noun
The line of hair growing above each eye.

She raised her eyebrows in surprise at the news.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the line of hair growing... brow

Word family

Forms eyebrows

Derived forms eyebrow-raisereyebrow-raisingeyebrowedeyebrowingeyebrowlesseyebrowlessnesseyebrowlikeguybrows

Related forms eyelash eyelid

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eyebrow pencil
a cosmetic pencil used to darken or shape the appearance of eyebrows

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English eȝebreu, alteration of Old English ēaganbrū (“eyebrow”), equivalent to eye + brow. The corresponding Old English ēagbrǣw meant "eyelid". Compare Dutch oogbrauw (“eyelid; eyelash; eyebrow”), German Augenbraue (“eyebrow”).

eȝebreu Middle English ēaganbrū Old English

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# eyebrow

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/
**Frequency rank:** 17016

## Meanings
1. The line of hair growing above each eye.

## Examples
- She raised her eyebrows in surprise at the news.

## Derived Forms
- eyebrow-raiser
- eyebrow-raising
- eyebrowed
- eyebrowing
- eyebrowless
- eyebrowlessness
- eyebrowlike
- guybrows

## Related Forms
- eyelash
- eyelid

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: eȝebreu
- Root: ēaganbrū

## Etymology
From Middle English eȝebreu, alteration of Old English ēaganbrū (“eyebrow”), equivalent to eye + brow. The corresponding Old English ēagbrǣw meant "eyelid". Compare Dutch oogbrauw (“eyelid; eyelash; eyebrow”), German Augenbraue (“eyebrow”).

## AI Etymology
Eyebrow comes from Middle English eȝebreu, alteration of Old English ēaganbrū (“eyebrow”), equivalent to eye + brow. The corresponding Old English ēagbrǣw meant "eyelid". Compare Dutch oogbrauw (“eyelid; eyelash; eyebrow”), German Augenbraue (“eyebrow”). In current use, the main sense is “The line of hair growing above each eye”.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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