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Makeup has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance

"She carefully applied her everyday makeup before heading out for work."

2

an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event

"he missed the test and had to take a makeup"

"the two teams played a makeup one week later"

3

the way in which someone or something is composed

"The makeup of the committee includes three representatives from education and two from healthcare."

4

An item's composition.

"The label on the bottle lists all the ingredients in the makeup."

See Also
face appearance test cosmetic black up panstick corpsepaint nontasting
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
cosmetic event property
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
blackface eyebrow pencil eyeliner eyeshadow face powder greasepaint kohl lip-gloss lipstick mascara rouge structure phenotype genotype texture karyotype

Origin

The word makeup originally came from the verb phrase "make up," but its specific meaning for cosmetics was borrowed directly from the French term maquillage. This French influence introduced the idea of applying cosmetic products to enhance one's appearance.

Rhyming Words
reup faceup pileup wakeup lineup tuneup fakeup writeup closeup flareup shapeup shakeup frameup pasteup scaleup changeup undermakeup light makeup police lineup put on makeup
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