extensions

nounB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,521 of 15,258leans written

Extensions are lengths of hair added to make your own longer. Hair extensions, get extensions, remove the extensions.

They are bonded, taped or sewn in, and the weight is what damages the hair underneath — badly fitted ones pull at the roots and cause thinning. They need maintenance every few weeks. Note that extensions also names added rooms on a house, and added features in software.

Definitions of extensions

1nounextensionsLengths of hair added to make your own longer.B1+
“She had hair extensions put in so that her hair reached her waist for the wedding.”

extensions is added lengths.

Where it comes from

Latin
extensiō
Old French
estension
Middle English
extensioun
English
extension
English, today
extensions

extension comes from Middle English extensioun, from Old French estension, from Latin extensiō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Hair & Grooming

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extensions in the wild

There are several extensions to ISO 9660 that relax some of its limitations.
ISO 9660
Since then, the standard has been revised multiple times to include a larger set of features and incorporate common extensions.
SQL
Artificial hair integrations, more commonly known as hair extensions, hair weaves, or fake hair, are cosmetic treatments which add length to human hair.
Artificial hair integrations
Hair extensions are usually clipped, glued, or sewn on natural hair by incorporating additional human or synthetic hair.
Artificial hair integrations

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Related words

the extensiō family

extension

extensions — used about once every 6,499 pages · #10,521 · point at the bar for the others

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