1. The part of the face above the eyes
   "Sweat beaded on his forehead as he worked in the hot sun";
   - brow
    
2. The large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
   "The frontal bone forms the forehead and brow ridges"; "The os frontale forms the forehead and brow ridges";
   - frontal bone, os frontale

Derived forms: foreheads

Type of: feature, lineament, membrane bone

Part of: braincase, brainpan, cranium, face, human face

Encyclopedia: Forehead