Definition of "curling iron" []

• A rod-shaped metal implement used when heated to curl the hair. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "My hair could be seared by a curling iron until it smelled like burned flesh and cemented into place with enough aerosol hairspray yes, I helped destroy the ozone, and still within forty-five minutes I looked like Morticia Addams."