mask

About 11.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.

   a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask

2. noun That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
3. noun Appearance, likeness.
4. noun A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.
5. noun A person wearing a mask.
6. noun A dramatic performance in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
7. noun A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.
8. noun In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.

Similar words

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Often followed by

of and the is for to in or was

Word family

masked masking masklike masks masque masques