[ US /kɑzˈmɛtɪk/ ]
[ UK /kɒzmˈɛtɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose
    cosmetic fenders on cars
    the buildings were utilitarian rather than decorative
  2. serving an aesthetic purpose in beautifying the body
    cosmetic surgery
    enhansive makeup
NOUN
  1. a toiletry designed to beautify the body
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How To Use cosmetic In A Sentence

  • A cosmetic change to alter the face of the offside rule Talking point.
  • The only time I have done them is for older teenagers with congenitally missing back teeth (with the baby tooth still there at that age) whose only cosmetic option is the porcelain fused to metal crown (those run around $800 or more each) and usually necessitates a pulpal treatment as well due to the small tooth size, and these crowns having a questionable prognosis in baby teeth. White Crowns For Baby Teeth
  • Conclusion Laparoscopic pyloromyotomy has characteristics of safety, minimal invasion and rapid recovery. What's more, it has satisfying cosmetic effect. It's worth routinely carrying out.
  • In fact, as far as the majority of chemically susceptible persons are concerned, the scent of cosmetics is one of the most troublesome features of this problem. An Alternative Approach to Allergies
  • OK, our garden is based around ethnobotanical plants which are useful to people, not only for foods and medicines, but also for fibres, dyes, cosmetics, perfumes, poisons and so on.
  • She dabbled with cosmetic surgery. Times, Sunday Times
  • Suzanne Smith, (D-Hebron) wants the state government to regulate the use of weed and insect control products to limit what she calls cosmetic use. GraniteGrok
  • Once primarily limited to intergang violence, the bloodshed of the city’s drug trade began spilling onto the streets of the border city in July 1997, when, at the age of forty-two, Amado Carrillo Fuentes died during a botched cosmetic surgery procedure in Mexico City, supposedly designed to change his appearance to evade law enforcement. THE DAUGHTERS OF JUÁREZ
  • Women who undergo cosmetic surgery still far outnumber their male counterparts.
  • And in the world of stardom, the perfect smiles are mostly down to cosmetic dentistry. The Sun
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