hair coloring
- noun
- /hɛr ˈkʌlərɪŋ/
- US
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tinte para el cabello
- Many people choose hair coloring to cover gray strands or to achieve a fresh new look.
Noah has a new, like, hair colour every month.
- Noah has a new, like, hair colour every month.
- Wait, let me give you the exact hair colour.
- So name pronouns, of course, and then skin colour, hair colour.
- You can't just take hair color and map like the hair color gene to a link it to a disease gene, OK?
Examples
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The process of hair coloring can be done at home or in a salon for professional results.
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In this video, we will not just give myself a new hair colour, we will also be testing a product.
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Noah has a new, like, hair colour every month.
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Oh my God, It's like, yeah, well then once hair colour sprays, are we saying pink?
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We hear the instructor giving a lesson in hair coloring.
Fiction book (1993) -
After applying hair coloring, her once dull hair now has a vibrant red hue that stands out.
Synonyms
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1.3
The act of adding color to something
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2.8
Changing the color of fabric or hair using dye permanently
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4.0
An act of adding a small amount of color to hair or windows
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3.7
A process in which something becomes a different color
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a substance used to change the color of hair' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'hair' (the target) with 'coloring' (the action or product of adding color), forming a straightforward noun–noun compound. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the intended sense (i.e. hair dye), despite minor ambiguity between product and process.
Etymology
Hair coloring comes from the simple act of putting coloring on the hair. People have used plant dyes for many years to change or cover gray hair, so today hair coloring means the 'process of changing the color of hair'.