English Explanatory Dictionary

overbrow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To hang over like a brow; to impend over.
noun
  1. The area immediately above the eyebrow and below the forehead.
  2. A projecting shelf of rock on the face of a cliff.

Pronunciation

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbɹaʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overbrow.wav /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)bɹaʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overbrow2.wav

Word forms

overbrow overbrows overbrowing overbrowed

Etymology

From over- + brow.

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