dandruff

Definitions


[ˈdandrʌf], (Noun)

Definitions:
- small pieces of dead skin in a person's hair
(e.g: there was a certain amount of dandruff on the shirt)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: the first element is unknown; the second (-ruff) is perhaps related to Middle English rove ‘quality of being scurfy’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries