eyelashnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈaɪ.læʃ/us/ˈaɪ.læʃ/B2 any of the short hairs that grow along the edges of the eye:
long eyelashes
false eyelashes
More examples
- With his long dark eyelashes, he looked almost feminine.
- Go and flutter your eyelashes at the barman, Janet, and see if you can get him to serve us.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The eye & surrounding area
- aqueous humour
- ciliary muscle
- compound eye
- epiretinal membrane
- eyeball
- eyelid
- fovea
- glassy
- hooded
- infraorbital
- iris
- lacrimal
- lens
- lid
- oculomotor
- optic nerve
- stare
- suspensory ligament
- vitreous humour
- wink
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