mustache
mus-tache · noun
Definitions
noun
- 1.
A strip of hair left to grow above the upper lip.
Forms
plural: mustaches
Phrases & expressions
- •handlebar mustache — a mustache with long curved ends
- •pencil mustache — a thin, narrow mustache
Related words
Synonyms: moustache
Etymology
From French moustache, from Italian mostaccio, from Medieval Greek moustakion, diminutive of Greek mystax ("upper lip, mustache").