DEPILATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does depilation mean? 

• DEPILATION (noun)
  The noun DEPILATION has 2 senses:

1. the condition of being void of hair

2. the act of removing hair (as from an animal skin)

  Familiarity information: DEPILATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPILATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of being void of hair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

depilation; hairlessness

Hypernyms ("depilation" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

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

baldness; phalacrosis (the condition of having no hair on the top of the head)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of removing hair (as from an animal skin)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

depilation; epilation

Hypernyms ("depilation" is a kind of...):

cleaning; cleansing; cleanup (the act of making something clean)

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

shave; shaving (the act of removing hair with a razor)

electrolysis (removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root)

Derivation:

depilate (remove body hair)