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hot comb

hot comb noun: a comb that is heated (sometimes electrically) and used to straighten a person's hair.

Noun

hot comb (plural hot combs)

  1. A comb that is heated (sometimes electrically) and used to straighten a person's hair.
    • He was struck by the number of barbers’ saloons and ‘beauticians’. They all advertised various forms of hair-straightener - ‘Apex Glossatina, for use with the hot comb’, ‘Silky Strate. Leaves no redness, no burn’ - or nostrums for bleaching the skin.1954, Ian Fleming, “Nigger Heaven”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 50
    Synonyms:
    pressing comb

Synonyms of hot comb

Forms of hot comb

pluralhot combs

Questions about hot comb

What does hot comb mean?
Hot comb means a comb that is heated (sometimes electrically) and used to straighten a person's hair.
What part of speech is hot comb?
Hot comb is a noun.
What is the plural of hot comb?
The plural of hot comb is hot combs.

Words near hot comb in the dictionary

  1. hot closet
  2. hot closets
  3. hot cockles
  4. hot cocoa
  5. hot cocoas
  6. hot comb
  7. hot combs
  8. hot coppers
  9. hot corino
  10. hot corinos
  11. hot corner

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