death masknoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdeθ ˌmɑːsk/us/ˈdeθ ˌmæsk/a model of a dead person's face made by pressing wax onto the face
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Sculpture
- bas-relief
- bronze
- bust
- carve
- carving
- cherub
- cupid
- installation
- maquette
- plaster cast
- plinth
- relief
- sculpt
- sculptured
- sphinx
- statuary
- statue
- statuette
- waxwork
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Examples from literature
- On the pallor of the death mask the tinted lips, the spots of rouge, the pencilled eyebrows of the dead face, were as clearly revealed as print on a white page.
- The ice had pressed a death mask on the convulsed features and held them in the moment of agony.
- The rest of his face was like a death mask.