Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small clasp for holding the hair in place.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The crossbar in the hilt of old rapiers over which the forefinger was placed.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. a pin for holding women's hair in place
Etymologies
- From French barrette, from barre ("bar") + -ette, literally “small bar”. (Wiktionary)
- French, diminutive of barre, bar, from Old French; see bar1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“While Ms. Gilbert conceded that the effect creates "an innocent look, almost like a little girl's hair," she also pointed out that "a barrette like those made by Rodarte is more like jewelry, a piece of art that you can wear — it's more sophisticated," which is all the encouragement we grown women need to attempt this at home.”
“Thanks to numerous and adorable spring runway moments, the fashion backward barrette has become the unexpected toast of the beauty season.”
“No matter the technique, a barrette leaves a light-hearted, youthful impression.”
“A modern look could also mean creating a sexy low side ponytail held together with a sparkly barrette.”
“P.S. Would you look for my silver barrette and mail it to me?”
Simon & Schuster: Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear
“She puts her hands up to the side of her head, her fingers across her silver barrette.”
“In our tests, we found a hair barrette with a high level of total cadmium.”
Consumer Reports: Heavy metals: Our tests find child products with lead, cadmium
“Not wearing a hat or adding on a hair accessory, even something as simple as a tortoise shell barrette, could get you reprimanded.”
The Huffington Post: Meg Hemphill: Pan Am: How Real Are ABC's Uniforms?
“She wore a plaid dress, blue stockings and a white barrette.”
“I was thinking that I could hot glue them to a barrette or sew them to a sweater or scarf.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘barrette’.
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[Open] “What’s that on your head?”
Headgear: “anything worn on the head” (that isn’t part of the head). Hats are fine, but for a more detailed, wider selection of fashionable hats in all colors and sizes, please see Reese Tee’s li...
goggles, wig, headdress, cap, hackamore, halter, bridle, beanie, turban, hat, crown, chapeau and 126 more...
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Is it morning yet?
coterie, lexeme, counterbalance, forthright, pigtail, ponytail, french-braid, barrette, listless, counsel, sitting duck, dead duck and 268 more...
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colleen's words
yellow, green, pie, blue, fur, people, incense, book, brown, avuncular, mountain, fog and 1316 more...
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hairstyles
bun, bobtail, ponytail, cornrow, odango*, updo, bouffant, plait, braid, bunches, buzzcut, combover and 331 more...
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Clearinghouse
For stuff to simply reside.
calcar, pinion, espadrille, antipodes, peregrine, cormorant, tanager, vireo, farrago, undervest, passerine, oscine and 881 more...
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Australian
words not found in other
dictionaries,these are from Macquarie
Dictionary and not playable in
scrabbleabdul, abdulled, abdulling, abi, abiu, ablactate, absinthial, absinthian, absoluter, acalypha, acanthodian, acaroids and 5128 more...
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Give Me a Head With Hair
blonde, brunette, ginger, titian, redhead, follicle, afro, mullet, dandruff, pomade, bouffant, dreadlocks and 16 more...
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words i grew up pronouncing one way a...
graham, barrette, pajamas, diabetes, oregon, carnegie, cumin, cilantro, espresso, poinsettia, ricotta
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vari-ettes
ranchette, vinette, towelette, rosette, septette, silhouette, pirouette, roomette, roulette, omelette, majorette, gazette and 52 more...
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Compendium: Round 1
The game is over! Congratulations to our winner, jennarenn. Thanks for playing!
Moderating this round: uselessness
The category: Things you might find in a backpack
This ...pencil, ruler, books, lunch, lunchbox, snacks, paper, homework, hands, lip gloss, love notes, crayons and 79 more...
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B
babble, ballet, beamy, belief, belle, billow, bittersweet, bliss, butterscotch, breathe, buttercup, blur and 38 more...
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