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BOUFFANT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

coif; coiffure; hair style; hairdo; hairstyle (the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair))

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing

Example:

a bouffant skirt

Synonyms:

bouffant; puffy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

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