Definition of Curling iron

1. Noun. A cylindrical metal home appliance that heats a lock of hair that has been curled around it.


Definition of Curling iron

1. Noun. A heated cylindrical device for curling the hair. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curling Iron

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curlicue
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curlicue ureter
curlicued
curlicues
curlicuing
curlier
curlies
curliest
curlily
curliness
curlinesses
curling
curling iron (current term)
curling irons
curling stick
curling tongs
curling up
curlingly
curlings
curlpaper
curlpapers
curls
curls up
curly
curly-coated retriever
curly-heads
curly bracket

Literary usage of Curling iron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mechanical Appliances, Mechanical Movements and Novelties of Construction: A by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1910)
"ELECTRIC CURLING-IRON HEATER. A resistance coil of iron wire insulated by asbestos, inclosed in a brass tube, to receive the curling tongs. ..."

2. Mechanical Appliances, Mechanical Movements and Novelties of Construction by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1904)
"ELECTRIC CURLING-IRON HEATER. A resistance coil of iron wire insulated by asbestos, inclosed in a brass tube, to receive the curling tongs. ..."

3. Science and Industry (1900)
"Procure a piece of 14-gauge insulated copper wire from 8 to 10 inches long, a curling iron, and a few feet of insulated wire such as is used for swinging ..."

4. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"[calamus], a tube of in» for curling the hair, curling-iron, crisping - pin ... curled viA the curling-iron, crisped, curled: coma: saltator, ie effeminate. ..."

5. The Edison Monthly by New York Edison Company (1910)
"The Electric curling iron A"( )\('i this season's holiday nov- appeared the electric curling iron, an appliance already very popular throughout the West, ..."

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