Definition of "hairdressing" []

• The occupation of a hairdresser. (noun)
• The act of dressing or arranging the hair. (noun)
• A cosmetic or medicinal preparation for dressing the hair. (noun)

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• "Here, at an adjacent workroom, they learn traditional crafts like weaving and stitching cross-stitch patterns of embroidery on traditional clothes and souvenir items from which they earn a few shekels to tide over through these lean months, and for the younger ones, the latest fad in hairdressing."
• "Qualifications such as an NVQ level 2 in hairdressing, which is worth the equivalent of six GCSEs, are expected to be axed from school league tables."
• "Qualifications such as an NVQ level 2 in hairdressing, which is worth the equivalent of six GCSEs, and an OCR level 2 national certificate in travel and tourism - worth four GCSEs - are likely to be ditched."