coif

1. 1.

   cover with a coif

   Broadercover
2. 2.

   arrange attractively

   “dress my hair for the wedding”

   Synonymsdressarrangesetdocoiffecoiffure

   Broadergroom

   Narrowerbobwave

Other forms of coif

plural

coifs·

past tense or participle

coiffed

present participle

coiffing

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coif

What does coif mean?

coif means "the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coif?

coif has 1 syllable: coif. In IPA it is /ˈkwɑf/.

What is another word for coif?

Close synonyms include hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, dress. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coif a common word?

coif is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with coif?

1 word rhymes with coif. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.