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# moustache

«moustache» in Mova's school dictionary: **hair that grows on a man's upper lip, between the nose…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a moustache, moustaches; US: mustache)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A moustache is hair that grows on a man's upper lip, between the nose and the mouth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#m1)

2) (informal) A milk moustache is a white line of milk left on the upper lip after drinking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#m2)

3) Some animals and insects have long feelers near their mouths called moustaches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories a moustache helps describe a character: a curly moustache for a villain, a walrus moustache for a grandad. In history, many famous men had moustaches. «Movember» is a November charity event where men grow moustaches for men's health. Phrases: «grow a moustache», «a bushy moustache», «a milk moustache».

### examples

- Grandad has a big grey moustache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#x1)
- The villain twirled his curly moustache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#x2)
- You've got a milk moustache! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#x3)
- Dad grew a moustache for Movember. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#x4)
- Hercule Poirot is famous for his neat moustache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#x5)
- The walrus has a moustache of stiff whiskers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#x6)
- When the king had so said, the door opened of itself, and they went in, while the king gnawed his moustache in anger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#x7)

### note

UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland: «moustache»; USA: «mustache». Said «muh-STAHSH» (UK) or «MUS-tash» (US). A beard grows on the chin and cheeks; a moustache only above the lip.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «moustache» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.