makeup.
An item's composition.
Meaning & usage
An item's composition.
To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup.
Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.
She is wearing a lot of makeup.
Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.
A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material.
In a NIMCRUT, an amount distributed from the trust's income in subsequent years to make up for a present shortfall.
Where this word comes from
Deverbal from make up. Noun sense 2 is a semantic loan from French maquillage, from maquiller (“to make up, fabricate”).
Alternative form of make up (“(ambitransitive) to put makeup on (someone or something)”).
Where this word comes from
Deverbal from make up. Noun sense 2 is a semantic loan from French maquillage, from maquiller (“to make up, fabricate”).
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