Face Mask

Strictly, the expression face mask is tautological and means "mask", because masks by definition go on the face; but it is sometimes used to mean:

  • Respirator
  • Among divers, diving mask
  • Face mask (gridiron football), the metal grid face protecter on his helmet, and the penalizable foul of grasping it during play

Famous quotes containing the words face and/or mask:

    “You see, Mr. Gittes, most people never have to face the fact that at the right time, in the right place, they’re capable ofanything.”
    —Robert Towne (b. 1936)

    “There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and to be served.”
    —Jane Jacobs (b. 1916)