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Definition: Curler |
CurlerNoun1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "curler" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1915. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Sports & Leisure | Each -- cleans the bottom of his stone before delivery, to ensure a straight course. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CurlerSynonyms: crimper (n), hair curler (n), roller (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Curler |
| Specialty definitions using "curler": AMEN CURLER. (references) |
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| "Curler" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Curler" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 83.33% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Adjective (comparative) | 16.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "curler": hair curler. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "curler"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | bigudi (curling-pins). (various references) | |
Chinese | 卷发的人. (various references) | |
Czech | natáèka (hair curler). (various references) | |
Farsi | دستگاه فرزنی . (various references) | |
Finnish | papiljotti (curling-pin), kiharrin. (various references) | |
French | curler, papillote. (various references) | |
German | Lockenwickel (curlers). (various references) | |
Greek | βοστρυχωτήσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | hajsütővas (curling tongs, curling-irons), hajcsavaró (roller). (various references) | |
Indonesian | alat pengeriting. (various references) | |
Italian | diavoletto (imp), bigodino (roller), bigodini. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | カーボン紙 (black currant, cacao, cactus, Caesar, Cairo, car lease, car life, car race, car radio, carbon paper, carcase, carcass, Carlton, carmine, carport, Casio, Cassiopeia, Cassisliqueur, chaos, chiropractic, chiropractor, cocktail, cocktail dress, cocktail glass, cocktail lounge, cocktail party, couch potato, counseling, counselor, count, countdown, counter, counter attack, counter display, counterblow, counter-propagation, counterpunch, counterpurchase, count-out, cowboy, cowboy hat, cowhide, curl, Curlash, curling, curve, Kahn, Kaiser, Kamasutra, Kashmir, kinesics, kite, kymograph, rustle, television addict). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | カーラー . (various references) | |
Manx | curleyder. (various references) | |
Norwegian | papiljott. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | urlercay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | frisador (barber, hairdresser), encrespador. (various references) | |
Romanian | bigudiu (paper). (various references) | |
Russian | бигуди. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vikler (roller), papilotna, papilota. (various references) | |
Spanish | rulo (roller), bigudí. (various references) | |
Swedish | curlingspelare, spole (bobbin, coil, quill, reel, roller, spool, winder), rulle (bobbin, bolt, coil, hank, reel, roll, zap), papiljott. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | бігуді. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "curler": curlers. (additional references) | |
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"Curler" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Corlea, corler, coruler, crule, cruler, culer, Culra, Curber, curdler, curel, curier, curley, curule, Oursler, purler, Ucrel. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "curler" (pronounced ker"ler) |
| 3 | -er" l er | twirler. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-l-r-r-u" | |
-1 letter: cruel, curer, lucre, lurer, recur, ruler, ulcer. | |
-2 letters: clue, cure, curl, curr, ecru, luce, lure, ruer, rule. | |
-3 letters: cel, cue, cur, ecu, err, leu, rec, rue. | |
-4 letters: el, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-l-r-r-u" | |
+1 letter: coruler, crueler, cruller, curdler, curlers, curlier, lurcher. | |
+2 letters: colourer, corulers, crueller, crullers, curdlers, curricle, lecturer, lurchers, scurrile, truckler. | |
+3 letters: carrousel, colourers, courtlier, creatural, crumblier, crumplier, curlpaper, currently, curricles, curtailer, lacquerer, lecturers, mercurial, opercular, relacquer, reticular, ridiculer, trucklers, unclearer. | |
+4 letters: carefuller, carrousels, churchlier, cloudberry, colporteur, creaturely, curlpapers, curtailers, fluorescer, lacquerers, mercurials, operculars, procedural, procurable, pronuclear, relacquers, ridiculers, trabecular, tubercular, vermicular, vernacular, versicular. | |
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