concealer

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,644 of 15,258leans spoken

Other forms: concealers

Concealer is a thick cream that hides marks and shadows. Dab on concealer, a colour-correcting concealer, blend the concealer.

It is heavier than foundation and used only in patches, which is why a shade too light shows as a bright ring. Green-tinted concealer cancels redness, since green sits opposite red on the colour wheel.

Definitions of concealer

1nounconcealerA thick cream that hides marks and shadows.B2+
“She dabbed some concealer on the dark circles under her eyes.”

concealer is a cosmetic.

Where it comes from

From conceal plus -er, from Latin concelare, to hide away.

Middle English
concelare
English, today
concealer

From Middle English concelare, equivalent to conceal + er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Beauty & Cosmetics

Practise this word

concealer in the wild

Both concealer and foundation are typically used to make skin appear smoother and more uniform in color.
Concealer
To use a concealer, an individual typically applies a small amount of product to the area of the skin that they want to cover.
Concealer
The Oecophorinae are the nominate subfamily of moths in the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae).
Oecophorinae
Aplota is a genus of moths in the concealer moth family Oecophoridae.
Aplota
In modern treatments, they are usually united with the concealer moth family Autostichidae.
Symmocinae

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