"hair style" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

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: coif, coiffure, hairdo, hairstyle