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Added 9 October 2026

eyebrow

/ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/ noun

In Latin: supercilium Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about eyebrow at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
A dormer, usually of small size, whose roof line over the upright face is typically an arched curve, turning into a reverse curve to meet the horizontal line at either end.
A clump of waste fibres that builds up in a roller machine.

verb

To build up waste fibres in a roller machine.
To signal with one's eyebrows.

Origin

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”).

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