hair spray
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- noun
- /hɛr spreɪ/
:
laca para el cabello
- After curling her hair, she finished the look with a light mist of hair spray to hold the curls in place.
- hair spray hold
- flexible hair spray
- use hair spray
I don't mean a huge elaborate spectacle with hair spray flying all over the place.
- I don't mean a huge elaborate spectacle with hair spray flying all over the place.
Examples
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"I need some of your magic hair spray, Mom," Gretchen announced.
Fiction book (1995) -
A can of Rave hair spray sat atop the piano next to a miniature black velvet bust of Beethoven.
Fiction book (1997) -
You should use hair spray on that.
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Could you get me some hair spray?
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I need some hair spray.
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Let's go see what kind of hair spray your mom has.
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Back comb with some hair spray until you have a lot of volume there.
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I have the hair oil here, the texturizing hair spray, and the treatment mask.
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He used a very costly hair spray.
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Up close, she smelled like a mixture of skin lotion and hair spray.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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A thick sticky product that styles and holds hair
A light foam you put in hair to make it hold shape and look fuller
How Strong
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from the constituents: 'hair' (the target) + 'spray' (a liquid dispensed in mist), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it is a spray for hair. This noun-noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic product-naming pattern and follows transparent English word-formation, making the sense predictable.
Etymology
Hair spray comes from the simple picture of a fine spray you put on your hair to 'hold' a style 'in place'. That's why it means a product you spray on hair to keep it from moving and stay neat.