NOUN | body | forehead, brow | the part of the face above the eyes |
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body | forehead, frontal bone, os frontale | the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium |
Sounds | fao'rhhehd | |
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Rhymes | abed ... zed: 93 rhymes with ehd... |
Meaning | The part of the face above the eyes. | |
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Synonym | brow | |
Part of | face, human face | The front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear |
Parts | trichion, crinion | point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead |
Broader | feature, lineament | The characteristic parts of a person's face |
Spanish | frente | |
Catalan | front |
Meaning | The large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits. | |
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Synonyms | frontal bone, os frontale | |
Part of | cranium, braincase, brainpan | The part of the skull that encloses the brain |
Parts | frontal eminence | Either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit |
glabella, mesophyron | A smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows | |
metopion | The craniometric point midway between the frontal eminences of the skull | |
ophryon | The craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbits | |
Broader | membrane bone | Any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation |
Spanish | frente, frontal, hueso frontal, os frontale | |
Catalan | frontal, os frontal |
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