hair slide
- noun
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horquilla
- After styling her hair, she secured it in place with a decorative hair slide.
Examples
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She wore a beautiful hair slide that matched her dress perfectly.
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I don't want her to see me, so I turn away, hide behind the display of plastic hair slides, unzip my coat quietly as the steamed-up glass door to the chemist's opens and closes, opens and closes.
Fiction book (2000) -
The little girl carefully picked out a colorful hair slide before her dance recital.
Synonyms
15
1.6
A small metal or plastic pin with two thin parts that holds hair in place
12
7.5
A small clip that holds hair in place
11
2.2
A small metal clip that holds hair in place
7
2.8
A soft elastic band covered in cloth that you use to tie hair
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1.0
A small metal or plastic thing that holds hair in place
A clip with two comb-like sides and a spring that holds hair in place
A clip with teeth and a spring that holds hair in place
A small metal clip that holds hair in place
A small metal piece that holds curled hair while styling
Surface Forms
Morphology
Knowing 'hair' and 'slide' will suggest to a B1 learner that this is some object associated with hair that involves sliding or attaching, so the general domain is clear. However, the specific sense 'decorative hinged clip' (a clip/pin) is not directly indicated by the noun 'slide' (which usually means an inclined surface or the action of sliding), and many languages use a word equivalent to 'clip' or 'pin' here, so the exact function is not fully predictable.
Etymology
The name hair slide comes from the simple image of a small clip where the hair is held and a thin bar slides to lock it. So, the name explains why it means 'a clip that holds hair in place'.