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# mustache

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

### part of speech

noun (plural mustaches)

### meaning for a pupil

A mustache is the hair that grows on a man's upper lip. (American spelling; British English says moustache.) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mustache/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

describes a character's face or looks in a tale, often a funny or grand man

### examples

- He smiled under his mustache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mustache/#x1)
- Someone tried to paint a mustache under his nose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mustache/#x2)
- She laughed at his long mustache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mustache/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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