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hairdressing en · NOUN

Etymology

From hair + dressing.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The washing, colouring, cutting and styling of the hair; the art or trade of a hairdresser.
    • There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;[…]. 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:

Forms

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Deriveds

hairdressing salon

Relateds

hairdresser · hairdress

Translations (2)

hu fodrászat (the art or trade of a hairdresser) · vi nghề làm tóc (the art or trade of a hairdresser)

hairdressing en · VERB

Etymology

From hair + dressing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of hairdress
    form of hairdress