hairdressing
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈhɛrˌdrɛsɪŋ/
:
peluquería
- Women, previously confined to a few jobs in filmmaking including acting, dress designing, and hairdressing, are finding work on set as assistant directors.
- hairdressing salon
She made dresses and did hairdressing for people.
- She made dresses and did hairdressing for people.
- I did waitressing, I worked in a hairdressing salon.
- And, you know, hairdressing is a true skill, talent, art, science, it's all of it.
- And then, yeah, then from there I went to Bronzefield and I did, I found out that it did a hairdressing course.
Examples
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He enrolled in a hairdressing course to learn how to create trendy hairstyles.
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After school, I decided to go to college to do hairdressing.
Academic text (2015) -
And, you know, hairdressing is a true skill, talent, art, science, it's all of it.
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So that's what Charles Sr.'s doing and, uh, Becky went to the hairdressing academy after high school.
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Retail trade, wearing apparel, education, health, and other personal services (beauty treatment, hairdressing, cleaning of textiles, household maintenance) are the sectors where more than 50% of female entrepreneurs with workers operate.
Academic text (2018) -
All the women interviewed had worked in Portugal before arriving in London: twenty-one percent were engaged in domestic labor in Portugal, and the others were employed in a variety of jobs including teaching/tutoring, factory work, piece work at home, hairdressing, secretarial work, and agricultural labor.
Academic text (1992) -
After completing her training, she opened a small hairdressing salon to serve the local community.
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The hairdressing competition showcased the latest techniques in cutting and styling.
Synonyms
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2.2
Caring for hair and appearance to look neat
8
1.3
Looking after hair by washing, cutting, and treating it
1
2.5
To keep hair clean, healthy, and styled by washing, cutting, and treating it
How Extensive
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3.6
4
2.5
12
3.5
111
1.0
941
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95
2.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word hairdressing for the job of cutting and styling hair comes from hair and dressing, where dress means 'to arrange' or 'to make ready', just like you 'dress' yourself in clothes. So hairdressing is the work of arranging and caring for hair.