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

Commissions range from 20 cents to $7 a purchase and can fluctuate if a certain product, like the rotating curling iron for example, starts trending, leading to more influencers making videos about it, Beaupre noticed.

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

I can’t use a curling iron because that will burn the doll’s hair, because it’s nylon.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2021

I have no time to erase the stricken look on my face, but, lucky for me, she associates it with the conditioner and curling iron that I left on the desk.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali