hairdressing
Americannoun
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the act or process of cutting, combing out, doing up, or styling hair.
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the vocation or occupation of a hairdresser.
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a style of arranging the hair; hairdo; coiffure.
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a preparation, as tonic, oil, pomade, or the like, applied to the hair for increased manageability.
Etymology
Origin of hairdressing
Example Sentences
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Pan-African hairdressing is mirrored in another collection of works, many of which take their name from the places or ethnic groups that use the styles mirrored in the sculptures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Summer, 16, from Ebbw Vale left her hairdressing course at college but hopes to go back next term after a period on the Jobs Growth Wales+ programme.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
Jezz Ellis is head of operations for Saks, a chain of salons, and says that unless things change, hairdressing apprenticeships will become less attractive.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025
The British Hair Consortium, which represents 50,000 hairdressing professionals, is calling on the government to make changes to how they are taxed, saying the current system poses an "existential crisis".
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025
She heard sausages hissing in the kitchen, saw her brother’s collection of sports magazines on the livingroom table, smelled the bittersweet odor of Calpurnia’s hairdressing.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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