Usually means: Enhances appearance through superficial application.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word cosmetic:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. cosmetic: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. cosmetic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cosmetic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cosmetic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cosmetic: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cosmetic, cosmetic: Wordnik
  7. cosmetic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cosmetic: Wiktionary
  9. cosmetic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cosmetic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cosmetic: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. cosmetic: Dictionary.com
  13. cosmetic: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. cosmetic: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Cosmetic (disambiguation), Cosmetic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Cosmetic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. cosmetic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. cosmetic: Rhymezone
  19. cosmetic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. cosmetic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. cosmetic: Free Dictionary
  22. cosmetic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. cosmetic: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. cosmetic: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cosmetic: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cosmetic: CCI Computer
  2. cosmetic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. cosmetic: Medical dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary for the Modern Soap Maker (No longer online)

(Note: See cosmetically as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion.
adjective:  External or superficial; pertaining only to the surface or appearance of something.
noun:  Any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin, e.g. lipstick, eyeshadow, eyeliner; makeup.
noun:  A feature existing only on the surface.
noun:  An intangible influence that improves the overall perception of some thing or situation.

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