permanents
- 1Plural of permanent.
Many older women still get permanents to add lasting curl to their hair.
The stylist finished three permanents before her lunch break.
Note
The count noun behind salon talk: one permanent, two permanents, each a separate treatment or appointment. The same plural serves the noun's other lives, such as a mathematician's permanents of matrices or a card player's permanents that outlast the turn they were played. The adjective never takes it, though the dated verb meaning "to perm" shares the spelling: she permanents her hair.
permanents is a form of permanent
permanent, noun: A chemical hair treatment that adds or removes curliness, with effects that typically last for several months. Full entry
- Forms
- permanentpermanents plural
- Spelling
- permanent → permanents: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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