coif

Noun
  1. The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) (synset 105264345)
    is a type of: hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
    subtypes:
    • beehive - a hairdo resembling a beehive
    • bouffant - a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance
    • haircut - the style in which hair has been cut
    • afro, afro hairdo - a rounded thickly curled hairdo
    • bang, fringe - a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
    • bob - a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around
    • wave - a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
    • braid, plait, tress, twist - a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
    • chignon - a roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck
    • marcel - a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron
    • pageboy - a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward
    • pompadour - a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead
    • ponytail - a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail
    • roach - a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead
    • scalp lock - a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head
    • thatch - hair resembling thatched roofing material
    has:
    • rat - a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure
    • curl, lock, ringlet, whorl - a strand or cluster of hair
    same as: coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle
  2. A skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law (synset 103069247)
    is a type of: skullcap - rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head
Verb
  1. Cover with a coif (synset 201337329)
    is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
  2. Arrange attractively (synset 200038562)
    "dress my hair for the wedding"
    is a type of: groom, neaten - care for one's external appearance
    subtypes:
    • bob - cut hair in the style of a bob
    • wave - set waves in
    same as: arrange, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set
    verb group: curry, dress, groom - give a neat appearance to

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