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Describing People Extra Vocabulary Definitions
Describing People Extra Vocabulary Definitions
Dyed: coloured
Plait: braid (AE), a long piece of something, especially hair, that is divided into
three parts and twisted together
Forehead: the part of your face above your eyes and below your hair
Turned-up nose: when the tip of the nose turns up a little bit
Chin: the part of the face below the mouth and above the neck
Double chin: a fold of fat under a person’s chin, that looks like another chin
Sideburns: sideboards, hair that grows down the sides of a man’s face in front
of his ears
Scar: a permanent mark that is left on your skin after you have had a cut
or wound
Blackhead: a small spot on the skin, often on the face, with a black top
Beauty spot: a small natural or artificial mark such as a mole on a woman's face,
considered to enhance her attractiveness.
Casual: informal
Stubble: the short hairs that grow on a man´s face when he has not shaved for
some time
Auburn: reddish-brown hair
Parting: a line on someone´s head made by brushing the hair in two different
directions (a centre /side parting)