face-lift

1. 1.

   perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

   Synonymslift

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Questions about face-lift

What does face-lift mean?

face-lift means "perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face".

How many syllables are in face-lift?

face-lift has 3 syllables and divides as fa-ce--lift under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for face-lift?

Close synonyms include lift. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.