noun. A hairstyle characterized by deep regular waves made by a heated curling iron.

intransitive verb. To style (the hair) with deep regular waves, using a curling iron.

intransitive verb. To make such a hairstyle.

noun. A hairstyle characterized by deep waves made by a curling iron.

noun. A marcel wave.

verb. To wave hair by the marcel method.

verb. (figuratively) To wave; as, marcelled potato crisps.

adjective. Of, producing, or related to marcel waves.

"FRAME Long Weekend (1988) 121 Her thinning grey hair had been finger set in marcel waves."

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