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COIFFURE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)

Synonyms:

coif; coiffure; hair style; hairdo; hairstyle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

hair (a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss)

Meronyms (parts of "coiffure"):

curl; lock; ringlet; whorl (a strand or cluster of hair)

rat (a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coiffure"):

thatch (hair resembling thatched roofing material)

scalp lock (a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head)

roach (a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead)

ponytail (a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail)

pompadour (a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead)

pageboy (a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward)

marcel (a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron)

chignon (a roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck)

braid; plait; tress; twist (a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair)

wave (a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair)

bob (a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around)

bang; fringe (a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead)

Afro; Afro hairdo (a rounded thickly curled hairdo)

haircut (the style in which hair has been cut)

bouffant (a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance)

beehive (a hairdo resembling a beehive)

Derivation:

coif; coiffure (arrange attractively)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arrange attractively

Example:

dress my hair for the wedding

Synonyms:

arrange; coif; coiffe; coiffure; do; dress; set

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "coiffure" is one way to...):

groom; neaten (care for one's external appearance)

Verb group:

curry; dress; groom (give a neat appearance to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "coiffure"):

bob (cut hair in the style of a bob)

wave (set waves in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They coiffure their hair

Derivation:

coiffure (the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair))

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