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# moustache

noun (a moustache, moustaches; US: mustache)

«moustache» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A moustache is hair that grows on a man's upper lip, between the nose and the mouth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#m1)
2. (informal) A milk moustache is a white line of milk left on the upper lip after drinking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#m2)
3. Some animals and insects have long feelers near their mouths called moustaches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and stories a moustache helps describe a character: a curly moustache for a villain, a walrus moustache for a grandad. In history, many famous men had moustaches. «Movember» is a November charity event where men grow moustaches for men's health. Phrases: «grow a moustache», «a bushy moustache», «a milk moustache».

### Examples

- Grandad has a big grey moustache. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#x1)
- The villain twirled his curly moustache. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#x2)
- You've got a milk moustache! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#x3)
- Dad grew a moustache for Movember. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#x4)
- Hercule Poirot is famous for his neat moustache. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#x5)
- The walrus has a moustache of stiff whiskers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#x6)
- When the king had so said, the door opened of itself, and they went in, while the king gnawed his moustache in anger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/#x7)

### Note

UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland: «moustache»; USA: «mustache». Said «muh-STAHSH» (UK) or «MUS-tash» (US). A beard grows on the chin and cheeks; a moustache only above the lip.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «moustache» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moustache/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«moustache» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/moustache.html) on Mova free.