life mask Meaning of "life mask"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a cast taken from the face of a living person

Usage(s):

  1. But Ronald Reagan not only agreed to three sittings, he had a life mask made.
  2. A life mask had been taken of his face, from which was modelled a bulbous, theatrical mask.
  3. Near exhaustion, Cliburn found time to chat for 40 minutes by phone with his parents back home in Kilgore, stop by the conservatory to have a life mask made for its collection.
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