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WIG/wɪɡ/

A wig is false hair that you wear on your head, for a costume, a play, or if someone has little hair. Countable: a wig, wigs. A hat sits on the head but is cloth or wool, not hair; real hair grows from the head. Mix-up: wig vs fig (a fruit) — extra w vs f; and wig vs big (large) — extra w vs b; and wig vs pig (an animal).

Meaning

False hair that you wear on your head.

Examples

• “The clown put on a bright red wig.”
• “The actor's wig slipped in the play.”
• “This wig is too hot in summer.”

Good to know

a wig (false hair). Contrast: hat (cloth), hair (grows). Mix-up: fig, big, pig.

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