Usually means: Hairstyle or headdress, especially historical.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. coif: Merriam-Webster
  2. coif: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. coif: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. coif: Collins English Dictionary
  5. coif: Vocabulary.com
  6. Coif, coif: Wordnik
  7. coif: Wiktionary
  8. coif: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. coif: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. coif: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. coif: Dictionary.com
  12. coif: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Coif: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Coif: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. coif: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. coif: Rhymezone
  17. Coif: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. coif: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. Coif: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. coif: FreeDictionary.org
  21. coif: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. coif: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. Coif: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. COIF: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. coif: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Arms and Armour (No longer online)
  2. COIF: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coif: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FASHION AND DESIGN (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (coif)

▸ noun:  A hairdo.
▸ noun:  (historical) A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women.
▸ noun:  (historical) A similar item of chain mail headgear covering the head.
▸ noun:  An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To style or arrange hair.

Similar:
coiffure, coiffe, dress, arrange, set, do, quoif, coque, commode, chevelure, more...

Opposite:
uncurl, unkempt, disheveled

Types:
bob, pixie, pageboy, mushroom, beehive, afro, cornrow, dreadlock, more...

Phrases:
Mail coif, Order of the Coif, coif akin to a man bun, more...

Adjectives:
white, black, starched, close, high, neat, mail, fitting, plain, snowy, stiff
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Similar:
coiffure, coiffe, dress, arrange, set, do, quoif, coque, commode, chevelure, more...

Opposite:
uncurl, unkempt, disheveled

Types:
bob, pixie, pageboy, mushroom, beehive, afro, cornrow, dreadlock, more...

Phrases:
Mail coif, Order of the Coif, coif akin to a man bun, more...

Adjectives:
white, black, starched, close, high, neat, mail, fitting, plain, snowy, stiff



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