cosmetic
IPA: kɑzmˈɛtɪk
noun
- Any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin, e.g. lipstick, eyeshadow, eyeliner; makeup.
- A feature existing only on the surface.
- An intangible influence that improves the overall perception of some thing or situation.
adjective
- Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion.
- External or superficial; pertaining only to the surface or appearance of something.
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Examples of "cosmetic" in Sentences
- The woman had a cosmetic surgery.
- The first was a cosmetic change to the console.
- In cosmetics, dodecanol is used as an emollient.
- The girl smatters about everything related to cosmetics.
- Stearyl heptanoate is added to cosmetics to act as an emollient.
- The use of mercury in cosmetics is illegal in the United States.
- It is valued as an odoriferous unguent and cosmetic by the Turks.
- In cosmetics, panthenol is a humectant, emollient and moisturizer.
- The cosmetic changes is just for efficiency not for the core of the poll.
- Animal testing is the norm in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.