MASQUE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A party of guests wearing costumes and masks

Synonyms:

mask; masque; masquerade; masquerade party

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("masque" is a kind of...):

party (a group of people gathered together for pleasure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "masque"):

fancy-dress ball; masked ball; masquerade ball (a ball at which guests wear costumes and masks)

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb masque