makeup
An item's composition.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
Etymology
Deverbal from make up. Noun sense 2 is a semantic loan from French maquillage, from maquiller (“to make up, fabricate”).
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MAKEUP at a glance
MAKEUP has 6 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (M 3 + A 1 + K 5 + E 1 + U 1 + P 3) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,633 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with makeup
All rhymes- LINEUP8
- CLOSEUP11
- SHAKEUP16
- CHANGEUP16
- PILEUP10
- TUNEUP8
- TAKEUP12
- FACEUP13
- SCALEUP11
- FLAREUP12
- SHAPEUP14
- PASTEUP11
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