pumpkin-headed mask
- noun
- /ˈpʌmpkɪnˌhɛdɪd mæsk/
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máscara de calabaza
- Children love putting on a pumpkin-headed mask for trick-or-treating.
Examples
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He wore a pumpkin-headed mask to the Halloween party and scared his friends.
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The store was selling a variety of pumpkin-headed masks for the upcoming festival.
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He wore a pumpkin-headed mask to the Halloween party.
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Did you see her pumpkin-headed mask at the festival?
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Children love putting on a pumpkin-headed mask for trick-or-treating.
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He wore a pumpkin-headed mask to the Halloween party and scared his friends.
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The store was selling a variety of pumpkin-headed masks for the upcoming festival.
Synonyms
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A mask worn to hide the face at a costume party
How Scary
Surface Forms
Morphology
pumpkin-headed + mask
The meaning is directly compositional: 'pumpkin' (the gourd) + '-headed' (having a head like ...) yields 'having a pumpkin-like head,' so a learner who knows the constituents can infer a mask shaped like a pumpkin head. This noun+headed construction is transparent and common (and mirrors similar patterns in other languages), making the expression easily understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Pumpkin-headed mask comes from the clear image of a pumpkin and the word headed meaning 'having a head like that'. People cut faces into pumpkins for 'Halloween', and masks that copy that pumpkin face are worn to 'scare' people or join the costume fun.