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crimping iron

crimping iron

1 6.1
A hot tool that makes small waves in hair
  • noun
  • /ˈkrɪmpɪŋ ˈaɪərn/
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  • It looks like she found Chelsea Clinton's old crimping iron... and Amy Carter's Sassoons.

Examples

  • The crimping iron creates a trendy, sawtooth pattern in your hair when you clamp it down.

  • This looks like a crimping iron.

    Church Ball (2006)

  • Tammy used her crimping iron to add stylish waves to her hair for the party.

  • With the new crimping iron, you can achieve perfect curls in just minutes.

Synonyms

crimper
vscrimping iron
1 7.0

A tool that makes small wavy curls in hair

is specifically an electrical heated appliance for making wavy or crimped patterns
hair crimper
vscrimping iron
1 4.4

A tool that uses heat to make hair wavy

is a general styling tool that may not use electricity or heat

How Curly

curling iron
10 3.3
crimping iron
1 6.1
marcel wave
  • Archaic
9.7

Surface Forms

crimping iron singular
crimping irons plural

Morphology

crimp + iron

The meaning 'an appliance used to crimp hair' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'crimp' (to form tight waves) with 'iron' (a heated handheld appliance), yielding an instrument used for crimping. This agent/instrument noun formation is a regular compounding pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Crimping iron comes from how the tool works: the iron (a hot styling tool) presses hair between ridged plates to make small 'crimps' or 'folds' in the hair. So, a crimping iron means a heated tool used to make a wavy, zigzag pattern that adds texture and volume.