forehead
Plural: foreheads
Noun
- the part of the face above the eyes
- the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
- The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline.
- confidence; audacity; impudence.
- The upper part of a mobile phone, above the screen.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English forhed, forheed, from Old English forehēafod, from Proto-West Germanic *forēhaubid, corresponding to fore- + head. Cognate with Scots foreheid (“forehead”), Dutch voorhoofd (“forehead”), German Vorhaupt (“forehead”), Danish forhoved (“brow; forehead; face”). Compare also West Frisian foarholle (“forehead”), German Low German Vörkopp (“forehead”).
Synonyms
brow, frontal bone, ibby fod, os frontale
Scrabble Score: 15
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