Tress

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A long lock or ringlet of hair.
  • n. Archaic A plait or braid of hair.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
  • n. A knot or festoon, as of flowers.
  • v. To braid or knot hair.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
  • n. Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A plait, braid, lock, or curl of hair; any distinct portion of the hair of the head, especially when long; in the plural, the hair of the head, especially when growing abundantly.
  • To furnish with or form into tresses: chiefly in the past participle used adjectively.
  • n. An obsolete form of trace.
  • n. A dialectal variant of trest.
  • n. A termination of some feminine nouns. See -ess .
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hairdo    hairstyle    hair style    coiffure    coif   
    Hyponym
    queue    pigtail   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ringlet    lock   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bess    Es    Etess    Fs    Hess    Hesse    Ins    Jess    Les    Ness   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ringlet    curl    mane    eyelash    moustache    strand    lash    braid    eyebrow    sheen