Definition

1. Noun:

   • A winter sport played on ice: A game in which players slide heavy, polished granite stones across a sheet of ice toward a target area, which is segmented into concentric circles. The objective is to get the stones as close as possible to the center of the target, called the "house."

2. Adjective:

   • Forming curls or curves: Describing something, especially hair, that is curved, spiral, or wavy in shape.

Examples

• Noun:

  • Curling is a popular sport in Canada and Scotland.
  • The Winter Olympics feature curling as a competitive event.

• Adjective:

  • She has beautiful, curling blonde hair.
  • The smoke rose in curling plumes from the chimney.

Advanced Usage

• "Curling iron": A heated tool used to curl hair. (Note: This is a compound noun listed separately as a variant.)
• "Curling stone": The heavy granite stone with a handle used in the sport of curling.
  • The skip carefully directed the path of the curling stone.

Variants and Related Words

• Curl (verb/noun): To form into a curved or spiral shape; a piece of something forming a curve or spiral.
  • Her hair curls naturally in the humidity.
• Curler (noun): A device, such as a roller, used to curl hair.
• Curly (adjective): Having curls; full of curls.
  • He has curly hair.

Synonyms

• Noun (Sport): Ice bowling, stones.
• Adjective (Shape): Wavy, spiraling, coiled, twisting.

Related Phrases

• "To take up curling": To begin playing the sport of curling.
  • They decided to take up curling during the winter months.
• "A tight curl": A very small, closely wound spiral shape.
  • The ribbon was tied in a tight curl.

Adjective

1. of hair having curls

Noun

1. a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target