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manicure

manicure

51 3.7
A hand and nail service that cleans, shapes and polishes the nails
  • noun
  • /ˈmænɪˌkjʊr/
translation icon : manicura
  • The manicure included a thorough cleaning and polishing of her nails.
  • get a manicure
  • a manicure appointment
  • spa manicure

And I really have been rocking my Malley gel manicure for most of the summer.

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Examples

  • After a long week, I decided to treat myself to a relaxing manicure at the local salon.

  • Ugh, I can't stand it when I get a manicure and they clip my cuticles.

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  • In style reports that for your fall manicure, we're going back to black.

  • This is my first dark manicure of the season.

  • But once you get past that, the manicure itself is awesome.

  • I go down the street, I get a manicure.

  • This will be the fastest manicure of my life.

  • Her mother would be out getting a manicure and would come home with glistening dark red nails.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Although gel nail polish gave me a beautiful manicure that lasted almost three weeks,

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  • Ready to see if an at-home gel manicure is as good as the salon version?

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Synonyms

fresh manicure
vsmanicure
1 3.5

Recently done nails that look neat and shiny

is the professional hand and nail treatment regardless of when it was done

Compounds

Recently done nails that look neat and shiny

A small group of tools for caring for nails and hands

Surface Forms

manicure singular
manicures plural

Etymology

The word manicure comes from Latin parts manu- ('hand') and cura ('care'), so a manicure is a 'hand care' treatment where you clean, shape, and polish the nails.