Marcel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A hairstyle characterized by deep regular waves made by a heated curling iron.
  • v. To style (the hair) with deep regular waves, using a curling iron.
  • verb-intransitive. To make such a hairstyle.
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  • n. A hairstyle characterized by deep waves made by a curling iron.
  • n. A marcel wave.
  • v. To wave hair by the marcel method.
  • v. (figuratively) To wave; as, marcelled potato crisps.
  • adj. Of, producing, or related to marcel waves.
    • Word Usage
    "FRAME Long Weekend (1988) 121 Her thinning grey hair had been finger set in marcel waves."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hairdo    hairstyle    hair style    coiffure    coif    wave   
    Variant
    marcelling    marcelled   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adel    Adele    Bel    Bell    Belle    Burrell    Cabell    Carmel    Cavell    Chanel   
    Same Context
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