tress
Americannoun
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Usually tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
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a plait or braid of hair.
noun
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(often plural) a lock of hair, esp a long lock of woman's hair
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a plait or braid of hair
verb
Other Word Forms
- tressy adjective
Etymology
Origin of tress
1250–1300; Middle English tresse < Middle French: plait or braid of hair < ?
Example Sentences
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Whilst these wind speeds are fairly typical for an autumn storm like this, trees are still in full leaf, which may increase the chance of branches or small tress coming down.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025
Pigs feed on garbage as women tress the hair of their little ones.
From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2022
After more than an hour of branch-beating, Crawford moves on to sifting moss pulled from the trunks of tress — another good place for little spiders.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2022
"Planting billions of seedlings is easy. Caring for those tress as they grow, confront droughts, insects, wildfires, and logging is much more challenging."
From Salon • Sep. 19, 2021
Together, she and Shilling galloped through the tress, each racing the other and both racing the wind.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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