shampoo
noun/ʃæmˈpuː/
/ʃæmˈpuː/
(plural shampoos)
- [countable, uncountable] a liquid soap that is used for washing your hair; a similar liquid used for cleaning carpets, furniture covers or a car
- a shampoo for greasy hair
- carpet shampoo
- She rinsed the shampoo out of her hair.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- baby
- gentle
- medicated
- …
- bottle
- use
- wash your hair with
- rinse
- …
- bottle
- shampoo for
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- [countable, usually singular] an act of washing your hair using shampoo
- Rinse the hair thoroughly after each shampoo.
- a shampoo and set (= an act of washing and styling somebody’s hair)
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + shampoo- give somebody/something
- have
Word Originmid 18th cent. (in the sense ‘massage (as part of a Turkish bath process)’): from Hindi cāṃpo! ‘press!’, imperative of cāṃpnā.
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