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I was always a little insecure. I had brothers that played football, so I was just a straight-up tomboy for a minute. I didn't know makeup and hair stuff. My friends had to tell me what a straightener was. I didn't know fashion or any of that until the label gave me a stylist.
Meghan Trainor

Meaning of "straightener" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STRAIGHTENER

straightener  [ˈstreɪtənə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STRAIGHTENER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Straightener is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STRAIGHTENER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Straightener

Straightener, often written STRAIGHTENER, is a Japanese rock band. The band started out as a duo with Atsushi Horie and Shinpei Nakayama in 1998. They established an independent label named Ghost Records in 2002. Hidekazu Hinata joined the band as bassist in 2003, giving the band a heavier sound. In October of the same year they released a single, "Traveling Gargoyle" from Toshiba EMI. They have performed at numerous festivals and live tours. The band toured all over Japan during their Linear tour in 2007. Their latest tour will be a joint tour in December 2013 with Asian Kung-Fu Generation to celebrate both bands' 10-year anniversaries. Both bands will perform in Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan along with a local band of each country.

Definition of straightener in the English dictionary

The definition of straightener in the dictionary is something used for straightening something.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STRAIGHTENER


battener
ˈbætənə
brightener
ˈbraɪtənə
buttoner
ˈbʌtənə
Easterner
ˈiːstənə
Ecbatana
ɛkˈbætənə
enlightener
ɪnˈlaɪtənə
fattener
ˈfætənə
frightener
ˈfraɪtənə
heartener
ˈhɑːtənə
heightener
ˈhaɪtənə
kindergartener
ˈkɪndəˌɡɑːtənə
lightener
ˈlaɪtənə
Midwesterner
ˈmɪdˈwɛstənə
quietener
ˈkwaɪətənə
shortener
ˈʃɔːtənə
sweetener
ˈswiːtənə
threatener
ˈθrɛtənə
tightener
ˈtaɪtənə
westerner
ˈwɛstənə
whitener
ˈwaɪtənə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STRAIGHTENER

straight-edged
straight-faced
straight-laced
straight-line
straight-out
straightaway
straightbred
straightedge
straighten
straighten out
straighten up
straightforth
straightforward
straightforwardly
straightforwardness
straightish
straightjacket
straightly
straightness
straightway

WORDS THAT END LIKE STRAIGHTENER

bottle-opener
chastener
christener
coffee whitener
dome fastener
fastener
flattener
hastener
listener
moistener
optical brightener
paper fastener
patent fastener
rattener
slide fastener
snap fastener
softener
Velcro fastener
water softener
zip fastener

Synonyms and antonyms of straightener in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «straightener» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STRAIGHTENER

Find out the translation of straightener to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of straightener from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «straightener» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enderezador
570 millions of speakers

English

straightener
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

straightener
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مستقيم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выпрямитель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alisador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

straightener
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

redresseur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelurus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Haarglätter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ストレート
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

교정기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Straightener
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ép tóc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

straightener
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सरळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düzleştirici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

raddrizzatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prostownica
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

випрямляч
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

îndreptat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ίσιωμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

strait
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plattång
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Rettetang
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of straightener

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STRAIGHTENER»

The term «straightener» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.449 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STRAIGHTENER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about straightener

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QUOTES WITH «STRAIGHTENER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word straightener.
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Meghan Trainor
I was always a little insecure. I had brothers that played football, so I was just a straight-up tomboy for a minute. I didn't know makeup and hair stuff. My friends had to tell me what a straightener was. I didn't know fashion or any of that until the label gave me a stylist.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STRAIGHTENER»

Discover the use of straightener in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to straightener and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ducted Fan Design, Volume 1 (Revised)
A. Simple. Stator—The. NPL. Straightener. We have spend the better part of this book arguing that swirl losses in a properly-designed ducted fan are not high enough to warrant the use of a stator to straighten the exit flow. Why then present  ...
F. Marc de Piolenc & George E. Wright Jr.
2
Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
As shown in figure P 9.1 2(a), the tunnel consists of an axial flow fan of entrance and exit area Af = 0.5 m2 and a settling chamber, flow straightener and test section, all of flow area A = 1 m2. The wind tunnel is to be designed to operate at a ...
‎1994
3
International Conference on Fans
Regarding the question as to whether or not AMCA 210's egg crate straightener could be replaced with the standardized airway's etoile straightener, it would be recommended here, based on the test results for the vaneaxials, backward ...
IMechE (Institution of Mechanical Engineers), Fluid Machinery Group Staff, 2005
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Roll Forming Handbook
The straightening unit and the tools (usually called the "straightener") are almost exclusively located after and close to the last roll forming pass. The position of the straightener is critical. Installation can be made easier if the base of the ...
George T. Halmos, 2005
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Weekly World News
Look Taller Look Slimmer Look like a winner with Instant Posture Straightener. Get those admiring glances everywhere you go. If you have picked up bad posture habits from slumping and slouching while watching T.V., sitting in your car or ...
6
2014 International Conference on Mechanical Design, ...
D. P. Yasin. 2014 International Conference on Mechanical Design, Manufacture and Automation Engineering (MDMAE 2014) ISBN: 978-1-60595-156-0. The. Research. of. Roller. Shape. Parameters. of. Two-Roller. Straightener. Da-chao.
D. P. Yasin, 2014
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Chemical and Physical Behavior of Human Hair
4.12.3.3 Damage Comparison Between a Reductive and Alkaline Hair Straightener The hair used in this study was from a Black male age 31. It had never been treated with chemical or heat treatments. Both of these types of relaxers weaken ...
Clarence R. Robbins, 2012
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Residual Stress in Rails: Effects on Rail Integrity and ...
residual stress which is modified by subsequent rolls, the straightener is not equivalent to a series of stationary deformations. The local deformation and spreading near the rolls precludes idealization as beam bending (also, stationary beam ...
O. Orringer, J. Orkisz, Zdzislaw Swiderski, 1992
9
Flow Measurement Handbook: Industrial Designs, Operating ...
To ensure an error of less than :l:0.5%, a straightener 1D long should be placed upstream at least El 6D for plates with a beta ratio of 0.5 and El 14D for plates with a beta ratio of 0.8. Even with 16D separation, virtually all tests suggested some ...
Roger C. Baker, 2005
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Fans and Ventilation: A practical guide
70 ' 1 60~——-~—~—--—-——~~~—--—/e) straightener or conditioner will do this . if it removed just the swirl energy and no more, the minimum energy convention would be satisfied. However, the energy actually removed is very dependent ...
William Cory, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STRAIGHTENER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term straightener is used in the context of the following news items.
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Curl your hair with straighteners: They can do so much more than …
From tidying a disobedient fringe to smoothing away a cow's lick or taming an outbreak of frizz on a humid day, hair straighteners are the ultimate styling tool. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Returning emigrant murdered after man brought knife to …
Returning emigrant murdered after man brought knife to 'straightener' fight over ... up in a green area at the front of Rathsallagh Park for a “straightener or a fight. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
Hair straighteners offered at gyms, bars
Some bars and gyms across Auckland are being fitted with hair straighteners in their bathrooms. Photo / Thinkstock. Frazzled and frizz-afflicted women can ... «New Zealand Herald, Jun 15»
4
Ministry spends $140000 on screen, installs hair straightener
Joyce defended the hair straightener spending on the grounds that some staff biked to work, and refused to say he would take action over hair straighteners. «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
5
Public service extravagance - now the shoe is on the other foot
Throw into the mix $16,553 spent on waiting area soft furnishings and a coffee table, and a $400 hair straightener and you have all the makings of an old ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
6
Total Stranger Makes Custom Hair Straighteners For Quadriplegic …
But if there was a way that a hair straightener would clamp with the motion of just lifting your hand back then that would be amazing. I just can't squeeze a hair ... «Huffington Post UK, Jun 15»
7
Hair straightener causes house fire
A hair straightener caused about $20,000 in damage Tuesday afternoon to a South Bonham Street home, an Amarillo Fire Department news release said. «LubbockOnline.com, Apr 15»
8
Hairdresser injured in hair straightener explosion at Helensvale …
FIREMEN and paramedics have rushed to a Gold Coast shopping centre where a hairdresser has been injured by an exploding hair straightener. «Courier Mail, Mar 15»
9
Hair straightener patent dispute
ghd, the developer and manufacturer of high performance hair straighteners and other hair styling products, has recently achieved a significant victory before the ... «The Global Legal Post, Jan 15»
10
Fargo man accused of burning woman with hair straightener
FARGO – A Fargo man is accused of burning a woman and ripping the skin off her arm with a hair straightener, telling police she tried to commit suicide by ... «WDAZ, Dec 14»

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