tress
Usually tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
a plait or braid of hair.
Origin of tress
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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 | THE DAILY BEASTThough Free began dyeing her tresses four years ago, only recently has she become sought after for her unique hair color.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTThese tresses cannot be maintained by any barber and need special attention.
With him is his manager, Pinky, a giant of a woman with long auburn tresses.
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 SousaTheir 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 FranceShe 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) JamesShe unwound the turban, her hair fell in soft brown tresses all over her shoulders.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisA 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
/ (trɛs) /
(often plural) a lock of hair, esp a long lock of woman's hair
a plait or braid of hair
(tr) to arrange in tresses
Origin of tress
1Derived forms of tress
- tressy, adjective
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