Meaning & use
facepack
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Meaning
nouncountable
a thick cream or paste that you spread over your face and wash off after a few minutes to clean or improve the skin
Grammar: Countable: use a/an and the plural -s: apply a facepack, buy two facepacks.
Patterns
- apply a facepack
- put on a facepack
- a facepack for dry skin
She put on a facepack and lay down for ten minutes.
This clay facepack is supposed to control oil on your forehead.
He bought a facepack for his sister's birthday.
Word forms
| plural | facepacks |
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Common combinations
- apply a facepack
- Apply the facepack to clean skin and leave it for ten minutes.
- a clay facepack
- A clay facepack helps if your skin is oily.
- put on a facepack
- I'll put on a facepack while the bath runs.
- a facepack for dry skin
- They sell a facepack for dry skin at the pharmacy.
Synonyms and how they differ
- face mask
- The usual everyday term in British and American English; facepack is more common in Indian English and in product names.
- mask
- A short form of face mask; it fits when the context already makes clear you mean skincare, not a medical mask.
Word family
Commonly confused: facepack or face mask?
facepack vs face mask
Face mask is the standard term and can also mean a covering worn for protection or hygiene; facepack almost always means the cosmetic treatment.
Practice
Choose the sentence that uses facepack correctly.
Choose one answer.
A facepack is a cosmetic treatment for the face, so it goes on the face and is left on briefly. The other options use it for hair, cars or walls, where a different product would be meant.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “facepack”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.