Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vermilion border

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables
ver-mil-ion bor-der
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The normally sharp demarcation between the lip (red-coloured) and the adjacent normal skin, representing the change in the epidermis from highly keratinized external skin to less keratinized internal skin.

Inflected Forms

vermilion borders (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

vermilionectomy

Questions

What does vermilion border mean?
The normally sharp demarcation between the lip (red-coloured) and the adjacent normal skin, representing the change in the epidermis from highly keratinized external skin to less keratinized internal skin.

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