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balayage

balayage noun: a hair colouring technique in which colour is applied by hand.

Noun

balayage (countable and uncountable, plural balayages)

  1. A hair colouring technique in which colour is applied by hand.
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  2. A method for reconstructing a harmonic function.

Forms of balayage

pluralbalayages

Origin of balayage

Borrowed from French balayage.

Words formed from balayage

Words that rhyme with balayage

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Questions about balayage

What does balayage mean?
Balayage means a hair colouring technique in which colour is applied by hand.
What part of speech is balayage?
Balayage is a noun.
What is the plural of balayage?
The plural of balayage is balayages.

Words near balayage in the dictionary

  1. balaustines
  2. Balawa
  3. Balawis
  4. Balawu
  5. Balaya
  6. balayage
  7. balayaged
  8. balayages
  9. Balayan
  10. Balayang
  11. Balaybalay

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