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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEATH MASK

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Death mask is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEATH MASK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Death mask

A death mask is a wax or plaster cast made of a person’s face following death. Death masks may be mementos of the dead, or be used for creation of portraits. It is sometimes possible to identify portraits that have been painted from death masks, because of the characteristic slight distortions of the features caused by the weight of the plaster during the making of the mold. In other cultures a death mask may be a clay or another artifact placed on the face of the deceased before burial rites. The best known of these are the masks used by ancient Egyptians as part of the mummification process, such as Tutankhamun’s mask. In the tenth century in some European countries, it was common for death masks to be used as part of the effigy of the deceased, displayed at state funerals. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries they were also used to permanently record the features of unknown corpses for purposes of identification. This function was later replaced by photography. In the cases of people whose faces were damaged by their death, it was common to take casts of their hands.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEATH MASK

death cell
death certificate
death cup
death duties
death duty
death futures
death grant
death house
death knell
death march
death metal
death notice
death penalty
death rate
death rattle
death ray
death roll
death row
death seat
death sentence

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEATH MASK

antimask
damask
dismask
face mask
gas mask
iron mask
life mask
loo mask
mask
oxygen mask
photomask
shadow mask
stocking mask
unmask

Synonyms and antonyms of death mask in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «death mask» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEATH MASK

Find out the translation of death mask to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

迪斯马斯克
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

máscara de la muerte
570 millions of speakers

English

death mask
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मौत मुखौटा
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

قناع الموت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Посмертная маска
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

máscara mortuária
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত্যু মুখোশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

masque de mort
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Topeng kematian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Totenmaske
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

デスマスク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

죽음 의 마스크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Topeng mati
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

vải đắp mặt người chết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மரண முகமூடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत्यू मुखवटा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ölüm maskesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maschera mortuaria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

maska ​​śmierci
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

посмертна маска
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

masca morții
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μάσκα του θανάτου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dood masker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dödsmask
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dødsmaske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of death mask

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEATH MASK»

The term «death mask» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.977 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEATH MASK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about death mask

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEATH MASK»

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Death Mask
When the victim of a violent gang rape accuses five premier sportsmen of being her attackers, she has no idea that her suffering has only just begun.It's a scandal that rock a nation of sports fans.But, in spite of a huge amount of evidence ...
Kathryn Fox, 2011
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Death Mask
A knife-wielding maniac is terrorizing the city. But he isnt flesh and blood; hes paint and paper, a portrait come to life.
Graham Masterton, 2009
3
Batman Death Mask
There is a new killer on the loose in Gotham City, whose appearance coincides with the arrival of an ambitious Japanese businessman, and Batman finds himself haunted by his past, when he trained in Japan.
Yoshinori Natsume, 2008
4
Bag of Toys: Sex, Scandal, and the Death Mask Murder
Here's the shocking true story of the 1985 "Death Mask Murder"--a grisly crime linked to prominent Madison Avenue art gallery owner Andrew Crispo, a man who operated in both the forbidding underworld of sadomasochists and drug addicts, and ...
David France, 1992
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Death Mask
When archaeologist Bruce Almond is tragically killed on a dig in Greece, his son Crispin returns to Somerset and to a mother he barely knows.
Ellis Peters, 1959
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Death Mask
Politician Bart Craven receives a call from a strange doctor promising information on his wife's disappearance seven years ago, goes to the doctor's office, and finds the doctor and a nurse dead--at least that is what he tells police
Hugh Pentecost, 1980
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The Sorcerer's Death Mask: Dragon Blood Pirates: Book Nine
Deep in Alleric Castle lies an ancient book telling the story of a sorcerer who was buried with his treasure long ago on Dragon Island.
Dan Jerris, 2011
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Death Mask
Raise the curtain, let the performance begin!
J. Klajnowski, J. F. Klyne, 2013
9
Death Mask of the Jaguar
Haunted by his own tragic childhood, Rick is determined to fulfill his promise to Pedro to find the murderers and recover the Jade Death Mask of the Jaguar Cult, as they are drawn deeper and deeper into a dark plot lit only by the beacons ...
Murdoch Hughes, 2004
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The true face of William Shakespeare: the poet's death mask ...
Offers a convincing solution to the centuries-old problem of the appearance and identity of William Shakespeare and answers previously open questions concerning what made him abandon his celebrated career, and what may have caused his death ...
Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEATH MASK»

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Memmott: Douglass statue, II — Eureka Lodge's role
(In a short history of the monument, Czerkas also reveals that sculptor Stanley W. Edwards had access to a death mask of Douglass as he ... «Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
Egypt removes 'Frankenstein' Nefertiti statue
... claimed that staff at Cairo's museum hastily glued the beard back onto King Tutankhamun's death mask after it was accidentally knocked off. «CNN, Jul 15»
3
Tariq Ba Odah's Eight-Year Hunger Strike at Guantanamo Bay
Other than the occasional wry smile, his face recalls a death mask more than that of a man in his thirties. As Ba Odah writes, "one day, I looked ... «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»
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Lens | Finding the Right Types in August Sander's Germany
... Prisoners,” “The Scholar” and “Idiots, the Sick, the Insane and the Dying,” with the photo in the last category showing his death mask. «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Student archeologists report from field, add to knowledge of ancient …
One highlight of a field trip to Mycenae, described by Homer in the “Iliad,” was seeing Agamemnon's death mask. “To be honest, it didn't hit me ... «UMSL Daily, Jul 15»
6
Greece: highlights of the underrated Peloponnese
It was here in 1876 that the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann claimed to have found Agamemnon's gold death mask. The mask ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Twitter would never have waited two months for Wellington's funeral
His false teeth of walrus ivory were removed and given to his daughter-in-law as a memento, a death mask was made and every lock of his hair ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Limerick town in 'bloom' for Joycean celebrations
... the former Church of Ireland - where there was afternoon tea and an exhibition featuring James Joyce's death mask, from the Hunt Museum. «Limerick Leader, Jun 15»
9
Why Jackson Pollock gave up painting
At this time Pollock carved a small black basalt head, a death mask with closed eyes. His painting teacher, the muralist Thomas Hart Benton, ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
10
Napoleon death mask on display at Scottish museum
As the world prepares to mark 200 years since the era-defining Battle of Waterloo today, one of Napoleon Bonaparte's death masks is being ... «Scotsman, Jun 15»

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