curling iron

American  

Or curling irons

noun

1. a rod, usually of metal, used when heated for curling the hair, which is twined around it.

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Etymology

Origin of curling iron

First recorded in 1625–35

Example Sentences

Taking a curling iron to a single dangling piece of hair on a bald head?

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2025

The Beachwaver, a rotating curling iron that will curl your hair in minutes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2023

Recently, a man entered her salon and wanted to sell her a curling iron.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2021

By the way, I was a kid in the 1980s, and I was using a curling iron and cans of hair spray when I was 10, so I don’t feel sympathetic.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2020

Another young woman in the 587th, who’d been a hairdresser before the war, used a metal rod for cleaning guns as a curling iron.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein