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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

컬

Pronunciation / Transliteration: keol

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Curl/kɜːl/
verbnounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2850 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그녀는 머리에 예쁜 컬을 넣었다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A lock of hair that grows or is shaped into a curve or spiral.

    "She brushed a stray curl away from her forehead."
As verb
  1. 1

    To form or cause to form into a curved or spiral shape.

    "Smoke began to curl up from the chimney into the cold air."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Originating from Middle English terms like 'crollen' and related to Middle Dutch 'krrollen' meaning to roll up or twist, the word evolved to describe any spiral or curved shape. Historically rooted in Germanic and Old Norse influences, it transitioned from describing hair texture to encompassing general geometric bending.

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