different between eyebrow vs supraorbital

English

Etymology

From Middle English e?ebreu, alteration of Old English ?aganbr? (“eyebrow”), equivalent to eye +? brow. The corresponding Old English ?agbr?w meant "eyelid". Compare Dutch oogbrauw (“eyelid; eyelash; eyebrow”), German Augenbraue (“eyebrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a??b?a?/

Noun

eyebrow (plural eyebrows)

1. The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
2. (construction) A dormer, usually of small size, whose roof line over the upright face is typically an arched curve, turning into a reverse curve to meet the horizontal line at either end.
3. A clump of waste fibres that builds up in a roller machine.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

eyebrow (third-person singular simple present eyebrows, present participle eyebrowing, simple past and past participle eyebrowed)

1. (intransitive) To build up waste fibres in a roller machine.
2. (transitive) To signal with one's eyebrows.
   • 2015, Kathy Reichs, Bones Never Lie (page 23)

     Rodas watched Tinker disappear through the door before eyebrowing a question at Barrow. Barrow gestured at him to stay put. Rodas settled back.

See also

• brow
• eyelash
• eyelid
• supercilium
• unibrow

References

• eyebrow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eyebrows on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From supra- +? orbital.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s(j)u?.p?????.b?t.?l/, /?s(j)u?.p?????.b?t.l?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?su.p?????.b?t.l?/, /?su.p?????.b?t.l?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)b?t?l

Adjective

supraorbital (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Located immediately above the eye sockets, where in humans the eyebrows are located.

   Synonym: supraorbitar

   Antonyms: infraorbital, suborbital

Derived terms

• supraorbital nerve
• supraorbitally

Translations

Noun

supraorbital (plural supraorbitals)

1. An ossification above the eye sockets.

References

• “supraorbital”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “supraorbital”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Spanish

Adjective

supraorbital (plural supraorbitales)

1. supraorbital