Definition

1. Noun:
   • A roll or knot of hair worn at the back of the head, specifically at the nape of the neck: A hairstyle where the hair is gathered, twisted, and secured into a smooth, often rounded, mass.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • She styled her long hair into an elegant chignon for the formal dinner.
  • The ballet dancer secured her hair in a tight, neat chignon.
  • A simple chignon is a classic and practical hairstyle for hot weather.

Advanced Usage

• "to put one's hair up in a chignon": To arrange one's hair into this specific hairstyle.

  • She decided to put her hair up in a chignon to keep it off her face while working.

• "a French chignon": A specific, often more intricate, style of this knot.

  • Her wedding hairstyle was a beautifully braided French chignon.

Variants and Related Words

• Bun (n): A more general term for hair gathered into a round shape at the back or top of the head. A chignon is a specific type of bun worn at the nape.
• Knot (n): Can refer to hair twisted and fastened into a lump.

Synonyms

• Bun: A rounded mass of hair.
• Knot: A fastening made by looping and tying hair.
• Coil: Something wound in a joined sequence of rings.

Antonyms

• Loose hair: Hair that is not tied up or styled.
• Ponytail: Hair gathered and hanging from the back of the head.
• Down (as in "wearing her hair down"): Hair worn loose and not pinned up.

Noun

1. a roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck