noun a screen for a battery.
2. mask ·add. ·noun the head or face of a fox.
3. mask ·vi to take part as a masker in a masquerade.
4. mask ·vi to wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.
5. mask ·noun that which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
6. mask ·add. ·noun a person wearing a mask; a masker.
7. mask ·noun in a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
8. mask ·vt to conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
9. mask ·noun the lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
10. mask ·vt to disguise; to cover; to hide.
11. mask ·vt to cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
12. mask ·noun a dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
13. mask ·noun a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.
14. mask ·noun a festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show.
15. mask ·vt to cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out.
xvi. mask ·noun a grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like;
called also mascaron.