Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The occupation of a hairdresser.
  • noun The act of dressing or arranging the hair.
  • noun A cosmetic or medicinal preparation for dressing the hair.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a toiletry for the hair.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The washing, colouring, cutting and styling of the hair; the art or trade of a hairdresser.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a toiletry for the hair
  • noun care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair

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Examples

  • Here, at an adjacent workroom, they learn traditional crafts like weaving and stitching cross-stitch patterns of embroidery on traditional clothes and souvenir items from which they earn a few shekels to tide over through these lean months, and for the younger ones, the latest fad in hairdressing.

    Thursdays with my sisters 2007

  • Here, at an adjacent workroom, they learn traditional crafts like weaving and stitching cross-stitch patterns of embroidery on traditional clothes and souvenir items from which they earn a few shekels to tide over through these lean months, and for the younger ones, the latest fad in hairdressing.

    Archive 2007-06-01 2007

  • Qualifications such as an NVQ level 2 in hairdressing, which is worth the equivalent of six GCSEs, and an OCR level 2 national certificate in travel and tourism - worth four GCSEs - are likely to be ditched.

    The Guardian World News Jeevan Vasagar 2011

  • Qualifications such as an NVQ level 2 in hairdressing, which is worth the equivalent of six GCSEs, are expected to be axed from school league tables.

    The Guardian World News Jeevan Vasagar 2011

  • LISA Pervizaj has always been interested in hairdressing, which is hardly surprising since it runs in the family. head start: St Bees hairdresser Lisa Pervizaj at work in her shop

    Whitehaven News headlines 2010

  • US workers could switch to service jobs such as hairdressing, retail and real estate -- with long working hours.

    Ann Pettifor: Blaming the Victims: Heroic American Consumers 2009

  • The Sunday Telegraph reported: The Government is to outlaw ‘sexist’ career advice which directs girls into jobs such as hairdressing and boys into careers such as engineering.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • The Sunday Telegraph reported: The Government is to outlaw ‘sexist’ career advice which directs girls into jobs such as hairdressing and boys into careers such as engineering.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • The Sunday Telegraph reported: The Government is to outlaw ‘sexist’ career advice which directs girls into jobs such as hairdressing and boys into careers such as engineering.

    School daze 2008

  • The Sunday Telegraph reported: The Government is to outlaw ‘sexist’ career advice which directs girls into jobs such as hairdressing and boys into careers such as engineering.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

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