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HAIRSTYLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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 ("hairstyle" 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 "hairstyle"):

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 "hairstyle"):

beehive (a hairdo resembling a beehive)

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

haircut (the style in which hair has been cut)

Afro; Afro hairdo (a rounded thickly curled hairdo)

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

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

wave (a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

thatch (hair resembling thatched roofing material)

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