COIFFURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coiffure mean? 

• COIFFURE (noun)
  The noun COIFFURE has 1 sense:

1. the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)

  Familiarity information: COIFFURE used as a noun is very rare.

• COIFFURE (verb)
  The verb COIFFURE has 1 sense:

1. arrange attractively

  Familiarity information: COIFFURE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COIFFURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

coif; coiffure; hair style; hairdo; hairstyle

Hypernyms ("coiffure" is a kind 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)

Meronyms (parts of "coiffure"):

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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coiffure"):

bouffant (a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance)

thatch (hair resembling thatched roofing material)

scalp lock (a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head)

roach (a roll of hair brushed back 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)

pompadour (a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead)

pageboy (a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward)

marcel (a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron)

chignon (a roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck)

braid; plait; tress; twist (a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair)

wave (a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair)

bob (a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around)

bang; fringe (a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead)

Afro; Afro hairdo (a rounded thickly curled hairdo)

haircut (the style in which hair has been cut)

beehive (a hairdo resembling a beehive)

Derivation:

coif; coiffure (arrange attractively)

• COIFFURE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arrange attractively

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

arrange; coif; coiffe; coiffure; do; dress; set

Context example:

dress my hair for the wedding

Hypernyms (to "coiffure" is one way to...):

groom; neaten (care for one's external appearance)

Verb group:

curry; dress; groom (give a neat appearance to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "coiffure"):

bob (cut hair in the style of a bob)

wave (set waves in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They coiffure their hair

Derivation:

coiffure (the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair))

 Context examples 

It must be confessed that the artist sometimes got possession of the woman, and indulged in antique coiffures, statuesque attitudes, and classic draperies.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

She listened to college stories with deep interest, caressed pointers and poodles without a murmur, agreed heartily that Tom Brown was a brick, regardless of the improper form of praise, and when one lad proposed a visit to his turtle tank, she went with an alacrity which caused Mamma to smile upon her, as that motherly lady settled the cap which was left in a ruinous condition by filial hugs, bearlike but affectionate, and dearer to her than the most faultless coiffure from the hands of an inspired Frenchwoman.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)