how to pronounce mascara

/məsˈkɛɹə/

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mascara is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of mascara in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… right the mascara snake fast and bulbous …”

meaning of mascara

Mascara is a cosmetic that is applied to the eyelashes to make them appear longer and thicker.

mascara frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word mascara occurs in english on average 4.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics mascara can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that mascara can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;