Forehead

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In human anatomy, the forehead or brow is the bony vertical part of the head above the eyes. Muscles of the forehead include the frontalis, which moves and contracts the forehead's scalp. A popular stereotype is that having a large forehead signifies a high level of intelligence, although this is more of an old wives' tale than anything else.

Despite the fact that the word forehead looks as if it were composed by fore and head, its traditional pronunciation is /ˈfɒɹɪd/ (FORrid, rhymes with horrid), even if the more logical pronunciation /ˈfɔː(ɹ)hɛd/ is becoming more common.

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