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See also: Kohl
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl, “antimony; kohl, stibnite (powdered antimony)”). Doublet of alcohol and alcool.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊl/, /kɔʊl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /koʊl/
- Homophones: coal, cole
- Rhymes: -əʊl
Noun[edit]
kohl (uncountable)
- A dark powder, usually powdered antimony, used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries; stibnite.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
makeup
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Verb[edit]
kohl (third-person singular simple present kohls, present participle kohling, simple past and past participle kohled)
- (transitive) To decorate one's eyes with kohl.
- 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 241:
- A plain, big woman with heavily kohled eyes and pudgy arms.
Further reading[edit]
- kohl (cosmetics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
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