BOUFFANT
Dictionary entry overview: What does bouffant mean? • BOUFFANT (noun)
The noun BOUFFANT has 1 sense:
1. a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance
Familiarity information: BOUFFANT used as a noun is very rare.
• BOUFFANT (adjective)
The adjective BOUFFANT has 1 sense:
1. being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing
Familiarity information: BOUFFANT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BOUFFANT (noun)
Meaning:
A woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("bouffant" is a kind of...):
coif; coiffure; hair style; hairdo; hairstyle (the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair))
• BOUFFANT (adjective)
Meaning:
Being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing
Synonyms:
bouffant; puffy
Context example:
a bouffant skirt
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
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