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Word entry · 6 letters

makeup

Best crossword clue

"beauty kit"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈmeɪkʌp/Part of speech nounSorted aekmpuStarts with MEnds with P2 cluesVery common crossword word
1M2A3K4E5U6P

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Definitions

  1. cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance

Word origin

Deverbal from make up. Noun sense 2 is a semantic loan from French maquillage, from maquiller (“to make up, fabricate”).

Used in a sentence

  • To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup.
  • After the size and makeup of Congress was decided by the Founding Fathers, it was time to lawmake.
  • She is wearing a lot of makeup.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01beauty kit6 letters
02Cosmetics6 letters

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