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Word: Tress
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French tresse, perhaps based on Greek trikha ‘threefold’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
trɛs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a long lock of a woman's hair
Short Definition:long lock of woman's hair
Examples:- her golden tresses tumbled about her face
Word: Tress
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
trɛs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
arrange (a person's hair) into long locks.
Short Definition:arrange person's hair into long locks
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