tress

[ tres ]

/ trɛs /

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noun

Usually tresses. long locks or curls of hair.

a plait or braid of hair.

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Origin of tress

1250–1300; Middle English tresse<Middle French: plait or braid of hair < ?

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How to use tress in a sentence

Del Rey is captivating with her new dark tresses and crimson-tinted lips, and a full orchestra plays as her backup band.
Lana Del Rey, Skylar Grey & More Best Music Videos of the Week (VIDEO)|Jean Trinh|May 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Though Free began dyeing her tresses four years ago, only recently has she become sought after for her unique hair color.
Pink Hair Hits the Fashion World|Isabel Wilkinson|October 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST
He trims your tresses and his assistant Dora blows you out to perfection.
Gal With a Suitcase: New York's Best Pampering Spots|Jolie Hunt|February 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
These tresses cannot be maintained by any barber and need special attention.
The Real Jersey Dictionary, Vol. 2|Jaimie Etkin|October 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST

With him is his manager, Pinky, a giant of a woman with long auburn tresses.
Ripping Off Larry Platt's "Pants"|Kim Masters|February 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The string is black and glossy as the tresses that fall in tangled skeins on the shoulders of the dreamy beauties of Tuscany.
The Fifth String |John Philip Sousa
Their faces, in the twilight, were dim and transparent; their tresses shone like the will-o'-the-wisp.
The Story Of The Duchess Of Cicogne And Of Monsieur De Boulingrin|Anatole France
She was right, too, in thinking that these main bands resembled rippling—almost curling—tresses of hair.
A Thin Ghost and Others|M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
She unwound the turban, her hair fell in soft brown tresses all over her shoulders.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
A gold fillet, set with another matchless diamond, confined her hair, which fell loosely in wavy tresses round her shoulders.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado|Frank Aubrey

British Dictionary definitions for tress

tress

/ (trɛs) /

noun

(often plural) a lock of hair, esp a long lock of woman's hair

a plait or braid of hair

verb

(tr) to arrange in tresses

Derived forms of tress

tressy, adjective

Word Origin for tress

C13: from Old French trece, of uncertain origin

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