noun
Meaning 1
A heated cylindrical device for curling the hair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
curling iron
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noun
Meaning 2
a cylindrical metal home appliance that heats a lock of hair that has been curled around it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: home appliance, household appliance
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: krultang — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Arabic: كلَابَات اَلتَّمْوِيج — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Bulgarian: маша (maša) — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Chinese Mandarin: 捲髮棒 /卷发棒 (juǎnfàbàng) — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Czech: kulma — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Danish: krøllejern — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Dutch: krultang — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Finnish: kiharrusrauta — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Finnish: kiharruspuikko — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Finnish: kiharrin — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- French: fer à friser — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- German: Lockenstab — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Hungarian: hajsütővas — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Hungarian: hajsütő — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Italian: arricciacapelli — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Latin: calamister — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Latin: calamistrum — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Norwegian Bokmål: krølltang — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Norwegian Nynorsk: krølltong — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Polish: lokówka — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Spanish: tenacilla — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Swedish: locktång — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair
- Turkish: saç maşası — a heated cylindrical device for curling the hair