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wig block

wig block noun: a simplified head model used to display wigs.

Noun

wig block (plural wig blocks)

  1. A simplified head model used to display wigs.
    • Next morning, Monday, after disposing of the embalmed head to a barber, for a block, I settled my own and comrade’s bill; using, however, my comrade’s money.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 13”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
    • When the wig or other hairpiece has been made, it is pinned onto a malleable wig block and the hair is cut and styled in the required shape.2003, Penny Delamar, The Complete Make-Up Artist: Working in Film, Fashion, Television and Theatre, page 165

Forms of wig block

pluralwig blocks

Questions about wig block

What does wig block mean?
Wig block means a simplified head model used to display wigs.
What part of speech is wig block?
Wig block is a noun.
What is the plural of wig block?
The plural of wig block is wig blocks.

Words near wig block in the dictionary

  1. wiftiest
  2. wifty
  3. wifty-wafty
  4. wig
  5. wig and falsies
  6. wig block
  7. wig blocks
  8. wig cap
  9. wig caps
  10. wig head
  11. wig heads

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