Crossword clues for straightener
straightener
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Straightener \Straight"en*er\, n. One who, or that which, straightens.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair. 2 Anyone or anything which straightens.
WordNet
n. a device for straightening; "a hair straightener"
Wikipedia
is a Japanese alternative rock band. The band started out as a duo with Atsushi Horie (vocals/guitar) and Shinpei Nakayama (drums) in 1998. They established an independent label named Ghost Records in 2002. Hidekazu Hinata joined the band as bassist in 2003, giving the band a heavier sound. In October of the same year they released a single, "Traveling Gargoyle" from Toshiba EMI.
Straightener have performed at numerous festivals and live tours. The band toured all over Japan during their Linear tour in 2007. Their latest tour will be a joint tour in December 2013 with Asian Kung-Fu Generation to celebrate both bands' 10-year anniversaries. Both bands will perform in Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan along with a local band of each country.
Straightener may refer to:
- Straightener (band), Japanese alternative rock band
- A straightening iron, a kind of hair iron
- Any substance used in hair straightening
- A shaft straightener, a device used in making an arrow or spear
- Flow straightener, a key element of a wind tunnel
- Straightener (metalworking), a device used in metalworking to straighten material before it is fed to a stamping press
- "Wheels of Confusion/The Straightener", a song from Black Sabbath Vol. 4
Usage examples of "straightener".
Oh what a crossing for the straighteners and the old brown dress --which latter appurtenance the child saw thriftily revived for the possible disasters of travel!
I could smell his hair straightener, his cologne, and under all that was him.
And Kells Whiting was cleaning up money with his hair straightener, because he told the negroes they wouldn’.