makeup

Plural: makeups

Noun

• The way parts are put together; cosmetics.
• cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
• an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event
  • "he missed the test and had to take a makeup"
  • "the two teams played a makeup one week later"
• the way in which someone or something is composed
• An item's composition.
• Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.
• Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.
• A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material.
• In a NIMCRUT, an amount distributed from the trust's income in subsequent years to make up for a present shortfall.

Verb

• Alternative form of make up (“(ambitransitive) to put makeup on (someone or something)”).

Examples

• She is wearing a lot of makeup.
• The makeup of her tile rack suggested a powerful, high-scoring word was coming.
• To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup.

Synonyms

composition, constitution, make-up, physical composition, war paint, beauty products, configuration, cosmetics, form, product, slap