forehead
n. countablen. the flat part of your face above your eyes and below your hair.
n. the part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline, covering the frontal bone of the skull.
She wiped the sweat from her forehead after the run.
The doctor placed a hand on the child's forehead to check if he had a fever.
Deep lines of worry were etched across his forehead as he contemplated the difficult decision that lay ahead of him.
From Middle English forhed, forheed, from Old English forehēafod, from Proto-West Germanic *forēhaubid, corresponding to fore- + head. Cognate with Scots foreheid (“forehead”), Dutch voorhoofd (“forehead”), German Vorhaupt (“forehead”), Danish forhoved (“brow; forehead; face”). Compare also West Frisian foarholle (“forehead”), German Low German Vörkopp (“forehead”).
Commonly used with the definite article 'the' when referring to a specific person's face.