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death mask

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death mask
n.
A cast of a person's face taken after death.

death mask
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a cast of a person's face taken shortly after death Compare life mask
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Noun1.death mask - a cast taken from the face of a dead person
casting, cast - object formed by a mold
Translations
death mask nmaschera mortuaria


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His face grew very white as his eyes rested upon the bloody thing grinning up at him from the floor, the face set in a death mask of excruciating horror.
 
 
 
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