hair curler
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2.2
- noun
- /hɛr ˈkɜrlər/
:
rizador
- My sister always keeps her hair curlers in a colorful pouch on her dressing table.
And the other one was the, it was like my mom's hair curlers.
- And the other one was the, it was like my mom's hair curlers.
Examples
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Improper use of hair-coloring products or excessive use of hot hair curlers or curling irons
Blog text (20) -
Guess what we're going to lay on this hair curler.
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Just maybe some hair curlers and a dryer or something.
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She used a hair curler to create beautiful curls for the wedding.
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After washing her hair, she carefully wrapped sections around the hair curler to style it.
Synonyms
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2.0
A cylinder used to roll over things to flatten or shape them
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2.8
A small roll you put in hair to make curls or waves
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3.3
An electrical tool you heat and wrap hair around to make it wavy
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7.0
A tool that makes small wavy curls in hair
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4.4
A tool that uses heat to make hair wavy
How Curly
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: combining 'hair' (the target material) with 'curler' (a tool for making curls) yields a device for curling hair. There is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift and the object’s function is predictable from the parts, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Hair curler comes from the simple action of wrapping hair around a small round tool, the curler, which makes the hair 'curl' or form 'waves'. So today hair curler is a small device used to make 'curls' or 'waves'.