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moustache

/ˈmʌstæʃ/

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What does moustache mean?

noun

  1. A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.
  2. (informal) A curly bracket, { or }.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈmʌstæʃ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/məˈstæʃ/
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He had neither whisker nor moustache, which allowed the soft curves of the lower part of his face to be apparent.
Thomas HardyThe Return of the NativeProject Gutenberg ebook #122
A youngish man with flaxen hair, a bristly straw-coloured moustache, and a dropping nether lip, was sitting and holding my wrist.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe island of Doctor MoreauProject Gutenberg ebook #159
More book examples (3)
The nocturnal visitor was a young man, frail and thin, with a black moustache, which intensified the deadly pallor of his face.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Return of Sherlock HolmesProject Gutenberg ebook #108
He was a very lean man, of no more than average height, with gray hair cut short and a stubbly gray moustache.
W. Somerset (William Somerset) MaughamThe Moon and SixpenceProject Gutenberg ebook #222
The elderly gentleman had described his moustache as a slight one, but the jury could see that it was full and overhanging.
H. B. (Henry Brodribb) IrvingA Book of Remarkable CriminalsProject Gutenberg ebook #446