Definition of Face mask

1. Noun. Mask that provides a protective covering for the face in such sports as baseball or football or hockey.

Specialized synonyms: Catcher's Mask, Face Guard, Fencer's Mask, Fencing Mask, Ski Mask
Generic synonyms: Mask

Definition of Face mask

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of facemask) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Face Mask

face blindness
face card
face cards
face cloth
face cream
face down
face for radio
face form
face fungus
face guard
face lift
face lifting
face like a bag of spanners
face man
face mask (current term)
face mask penalties
face mask penalty
face masks
face men
face off
face offs
face pack
face painting
face peel
face powder
face powders
face recognition
face saver
face saving

Literary usage of Face mask

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of ChangeTechnology (1992)
"20.3.1 face mask Squeeze face mask squeeze is generally caused by failure to admit air into the face mask during descent. It can also occur if surface air ..."

2. The Modern Factory: Safety, Sanitation and Welfare by George Moses Price (1914)
"... a supply of oxygen so as to allow the workers to breathe for a certain time without inhaling the air of the room in which they are working. Face-Mask. ..."

3. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1902)
"The connecting tube between the face mask and the receiver is attached to the ... The face mask fits accurately to the face, leaving the regulation of the ..."

4. Therapeutic Gazette (1907)
"A small and separation with displacement rather opening is made in the parietal peritoneum, Arrangement of face mask. than division practiced wherever ..."

5. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1905)
"Head and face mask . 51, 5, 47, 45,13,17, 30, 36, 52, 24, 35, 51, 32, 4, 42, 43, 55, 57, 37, 41, 28 These types gradually merge into one another, ..."

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