English > human face: 1 sense > noun 1, body| Meaning | The front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear. |
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| Synonym | face |
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| Part of | head, caput | The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals |
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| homo, man, human being, human | Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage |
| Parts | beard, face fungus, whiskers | The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face |
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| brow, forehead | The part of the face above the eyes |
| cheek | Either side of the face below the eyes |
| chin, mentum | The protruding part of the lower jaw |
| eye, oculus, optic | The organ of sight |
| eyebrow, brow, supercilium | The arch of hair above each eye |
| facial, facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve | cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles |
| facial muscle | Any of the skeletal muscles of the face |
| facial vein, vena facialis | Any of several veins draining the face |
| feature, lineament | The characteristic parts of a person's face |
| jaw | The bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it |
| jowl | A fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging) |
| mouth | The externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening |
| nose, olfactory organ | The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract |
| Narrower | countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug | The human face ('kisser' and 'smiler' and 'mug' are informal terms for 'face' and 'phiz' is British) |
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| Broader | external body part | Any body part visible externally |
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| Spanish | cara, faz, rostro humano, rostro |
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| Catalan | cara |
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