foreheadnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfɒr.ɪd//ˈfɔː.hed/us/ˈfɑː.rɪd/B1 the flat part of the face, above the eyes and below the hair:
She's got a high forehead.
More examples
- She wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead.
- "You haven't got a temperature," she said, touching the boy's forehead.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The head & face
- -cheeked
- -chinned
- -faced
- chin
- countenance
- dimple
- facial
- facies
- frontalis
- hairline
- mandible
- nape
- neck
- nose
- nucha
- nuchal
- pes anserinus
- splenius
- temple
- temporal
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