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marcel
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun marcel has 1 sense
- marcel(n = noun.body) Array - a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron; Array is a kind of coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle
Verb marcel has 1 sense
- marcel(v = verb.body) Array - make a marcel in a woman's hair; Array is one way to wave
Sample sentence:
They marcel their hair
OXFORD DICTIONARY
marcel, n. & v.
--n. (in full marcel wave) a deep wave in the hair.
--v.tr. (marcelled, marcelling) wave (hair) with a deep wave.
--n. (in full marcel wave) a deep wave in the hair.
--v.tr. (marcelled, marcelling) wave (hair) with a deep wave.
Etymology
Marcel Grateau, Paris hairdresser d. 1936, who invented the method
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