bowl cut

noun

A haircut featuring a straight fringe across the front and the hair of even length around the rest of the head, resembling the shape created by trimming around an inverted bowl placed on the head.

Meanings

nounbowl cut (plural bowl cuts)

plural bowl cuts

  1. artsA haircut featuring a straight fringe across the front and the hair of even length around the rest of the head, resembling the shape created by trimming around an inverted bowl placed on the head.

    Synonyms: basin cut, bowl haircut, crock haircut, mushroom cut, pudding bowl

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA haircut featuring a straight fringe across the front and the hair of even length around the rest of the head, resembling the shape created by trimming around an inverted bowl placed on the head.

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 冬菇頭 /冬菇头
  • 冬菇頭 /冬菇头 (dung¹ gu¹ tau⁴)haircut
Chinese Mandarin 西瓜頭 /西瓜头
  • 西瓜頭 /西瓜头 (xīguātóu)haircut
Danish grydehår
  • grydehårhaircut
Dutch bloempotkapsel
  • bloempotkapselhaircut
Estonian potipea
  • potipeahaircut
Finnish pottatukka
  • pottatukkahaircut
French coupe au bol
  • coupe au bolhaircut
German Topfschnitt, Topffrisur
  • Topfschnitthaircut
  • Topffrisurhaircut
Norwegian bollesveis, bolleklipp
  • bollesveishaircut
  • bolleklipphaircut
  • eggeklipphaircut
Polish grzybek, fryzura na grzybka
  • grzybekhaircut
  • fryzura na grzybkahaircut
Portuguese corte/cabelo/estilo tigelinha
  • corte/cabelo/estilo tigelinhahaircut
Russian горшок
  • горшок (goršok)haircut
Spanish casquete
  • casquetehaircut
Swahili bakuli
  • bakulihaircut
Swedish pottfrisyr
  • pottfrisyrhaircut
Thai ทรงกะลาครอบ
  • ทรงกะลาครอบhaircut
Cite this entry
APA

bowl cut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowl%20cut

MLA

“bowl cut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowl%20cut. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bowl cut,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowl%20cut.

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