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LIPST-ik/ˈlɪpstɪk/

Lipstick is a coloured stick that people put on their lips. Often uncountable: some lipstick, red lipstick; countable: a lipstick, two lipsticks when you mean the tubes. Write one word: lipstick. A mask covers the whole face; lipstick is only for the lips. Not lip + stick as two separate things.

Meaning

A coloured stick that you put on your lips.

Examples

• “She put on red lipstick.”
• “This lipstick is too dark for me.”
• “Do not leave lipstick on the cup.”

Good to know

often uncountable: lipstick; a lipstick = one tube. One word. Contrast: mask (whole face).

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