masknoun [ C ]
uk/mɑːsk/us/mæsk/mask noun [ C ] (FACE COVER)
B2 a covering for all or part of the face that protects, hides, or decorates the person wearing it:
a gas mask
a surgical mask
The bank robbers wore masks throughout the raid.
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- You'll frighten the baby wearing that mask.
- The mask was so lifelike it was quite frightening.
- We had to wear a protective mask and goggles.
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Hats & scarves
- ascot
- balaclava
- bandana
- baseball cap
- beanie
- dicky bow
- dunce's cap
- dupatta
- ear flap
- earmuffs
- mitre
- mortarboard
- neckerchief
- necktie
- niqab
- peaked
- turban
- visor
- yarmulke
- yashmak
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mask noun [ C ] (APPEARANCE/ BEHAVIOUR)
appearance or behaviour that hides the truth:
The newspaper revealed the sordid truth behind his mask of respectability.
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Faking & pretending
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- affect
- assume
- believe
- bluff
- changeling
- charlatan
- falsify
- feign
- fraud
- go through the motions idiom
- guise
- play at sth
- play possum idiom
- play sth out
- play-acting
- pose as sb
- professed
- purport
- quack
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Idiom(s)
sb's mask slips
maskverb [ T ]
uk/mɑːsk/us/mæsk/to prevent something from being seen or noticed:
I've put some flowers in there to mask the smell.
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Hiding and disguising
- be holed up idiom
- bury
- camo
- camouflage
- cloak
- conceal
- concealment
- hit the deck idiom
- hole up (somewhere)
- illusion
- incognito
- infiltration
- obscure
- skulk
- smokescreen
- snuck
- stash
- stow
- tuck
- veil
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