Definition of BROW

brow

Plural: brows

Noun

  • The forehead; the ridge over the eye.
  • the part of the face above the eyes
  • the arch of hair above each eye
  • the peak of a hill
    • "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills"
  • The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located.
  • The eyebrow.
  • The forehead.
  • Aspect; appearance; facial expression.
  • The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
  • The first tine of an antler's beam.
  • A gallery in a coal mine running across the face of the coal.
  • The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
  • The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.

Verb

  • To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.

Examples

  • A furrowed BROW appeared as he struggled to find a word on the Scrabble board.
  • the brow of a precipice

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-West Germanic *brāwu, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”).
Compare Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne (“eyebrows”), Lithuanian bruvi̇̀s, Serbo-Croatian obrva, Russian бровь (brovʹ), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū)), Persian ابرو (abru, “eyebrow”), Khowar بروُ (bruú).

Scrabble Score: 9

brow: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
brow: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
brow: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

brow: valid Words With Friends Word