overbrow
/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbɹaʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A projecting shelf of rock on the face of a cliff.
Example Sentences
- "The prints of the Matlock cliffs on the Derwent, which every body has seen, will give the stranger some idea of the rocks which overbrow the partially wooded ravines, and glens down which the streams tributary to the Dove descend."
- "With solemn feet I tread the hill, That overbrows the lonely vale"
- "18000, William Wordsworth, Michael Did with a huge projection overbrow Large space beneath."
- "If the man thall have a Mole on the overbrow, then let fuch a perfon refrayne from marriage altogether , or all his life time; for that such a person (if he marry) shall have five wives in his lifetime."
- "I could not say that he didn't give the matter consideration, but while I noticed once in a while, by the lifting of an eyebrow or a slight corrugation of the overbrow, that the gubernatorial mind seemed to have some slight premonitory symptom of the induction of a thought, it passed off without apparent fruition."
- "As I translated, however, Valeo's face contorted, his overbrow furrowing as he picked at his food."
Etymology
From over- + brow.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: over