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Word: Plait
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Old French pleit ‘a fold’, based on Latin plicare ‘to fold’. The word was formerly often pronounced like ‘plate’; since late Middle English there has been an alternative spelling plat, to which the current pronunciation corresponds
plat
a single length of hair, straw, rope, or other material made up of three or more interlaced strands
Short Definition:length of hair etc. made up of three interlaced strands
Examples:- she wore her dark hair in plaits
pleat
Word: Plait
Speech Type: Verb
plat
form (hair, straw, rope, or other material) into a plait or plaits
Short Definition:form into plait or plaits
Examples:- her hair had been plaited and coiled at the back of her head
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