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hair-knot

hair-knot noun: a styled, knot-shaped, bun of twisted hair.

Noun

hair-knot (plural hair-knots)

  1. A styled, knot-shaped, bun of twisted hair.
    • The only ornaments of the women are earrings and necklaces, which they arrange in various tasteful ways. The ends of a necklace are often attached to the earrings, and then looped on to the hair-knot behind.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 254

Forms of hair-knot

pluralhair-knots

Questions about hair-knot

What does hair-knot mean?
Hair-knot means a styled, knot-shaped, bun of twisted hair.
What part of speech is hair-knot?
Hair-knot is a noun.
What is the plural of hair-knot?
The plural of hair-knot is hair-knots.

Words near hair-knot in the dictionary

  1. hair-driers
  2. hair-dryer
  3. hair-dryers
  4. hair-grip
  5. hair-grips
  6. hair-knot
  7. hair-knots
  8. hair-like
  9. hair-net
  10. hair-nets
  11. hair-on-fire

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