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coif

1 syllable · also coiffed, coiffing
nounverb
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As a noun, coif means a hairdo. As a verb, it means style or arrange hair.

Meanings of coif

8 meanings

noun

  1. A hairdo.

  2. An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.

  3. The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)body

    Similar: hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure

  4. A skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law

Older and rare meanings (2)

  1. historicalA hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women.

  2. historicalA similar item of chain mail headgear covering the head.

verb

  1. To style or arrange hair.

  2. Cover with a coif

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for coif →
noun: the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
hairdohairstylehair stylecoiffure
verb: arrange attractively
dressarrangesetdocoiffecoiffure

Words that rhyme with coif

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