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curler

Noun

curl=er

WORDNET DICTIONARY

curler(n = noun.artifact) crimper, hair curler, roller - a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it; "a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight"

is a kind of mechanical device

Derived form verb curl₄

curler, n.

One who, or that which, curls. [1913 Webster]
A player at the game called curling. Burns. [1913 Webster]
A small cylindrical object sometimes having a clamping attachment, around which hair is wound so as to produce curls; as, she slept all night with a head full of curlers. [PJC]
an electrical appliance with a handle and a metal rod-shaped tip which is heated and around which hair is wound, to produce curls in the hair; -- called also curling iron. [PJC]

curler, n.
1 a pin or roller etc. for curling the hair.
2 a player in the game of curling.

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