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Definition of barrette noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

barrette

noun
 
/bəˈret/
 
/bəˈret/
 (North American English)
(British English hairslide, slide)
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  1. a small piece of metal or plastic used for holding the hair in place and as a hair decorationTopics Clothes and Fashionc2
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French, diminutive of barre ‘bar’.
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