hair ornament

collocation in English

meaningsofhairandornament

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withhairorornament.
hair
noun[C or U]
uk
/heər/us
/her/
the mass of thin thread-like structures on the head of a person, or any of these structures that grow out of the skin of a person ...
See more athair
ornament
noun
uk
/ˈɔː.nə.mənt/us
/ˈɔːr.nə.mənt/
an object that is beautiful rather ...
See more atornament

(Definition ofhairandornamentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhair ornament

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
The third component was thehairornament, essentially a large wig fashioned from the hair of female relatives.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
He resembles ahairornamentand when he is not on her, takes the form of a butterfly.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Thehairornament, worn by women, consists of a convex body and a set of teeth that affix it to hair worn in a bun.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
She wore it quite often at court as the centerpiece of ahairornament.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Girls often wear fancy dresses and a veil attached to a wreath of flowers orhairornament.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
A cobra often serves as his garland and the crescent moon as hishairornament.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
She wears ahairornamentshaped like a carrot.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
She wears ahairornamentshaped like a fish.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The city also developed a number of handicraft industries employing women, most notably silver plating for jewelry - bracelets, necklaces, hair ornaments, and the like.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The idea was to transform the sheets into combs, brushes, buttons and hair ornaments.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
He reported that the common women had no hair ornaments, though some wore golden rings or bracelets.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Today this warm and aesthetically pleasing material is used mostly for making the frames for eyeglasses, followed by hair ornaments, jewellery, stationary and other accessories.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
She was said to have advertised the use of potatoes by using the flowers of the plant as hair ornaments.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These flowers are used in regular worship and for hair ornaments.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Her court ladies wear trousers and hair ornaments of controlled flame.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The jewellery, which was made by local silversmiths, comprised silver necklaces, earrings, bangles, hair ornaments, pendants and many rings.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofhair
Go to the definition ofornament
See other collocations withhair
See other collocations withornament