Definition of tress Tress

/tɹɛˈs/ - [tres] - tress

We found 8 definitions of tress from 5 different sources.

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What does tress mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun
tress - a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
  braid, plait, twist
  coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle, coif the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
  queue a braid of hair at the back of the head
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • tress (n.)
    A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
  • tress (n.)
    Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • tress
    tres, n. a lock or curl of hair: a ringlet (esp. in pl.)—v.t. to form into tresses.—adjs. Tressed, having tresses: formed into tresses or ringlets: curled; Tress′y, pertaining to tresses, like tresses. [Fr. tresse, through Low L. tricia, trica, from Gr. tricha, threefold—treis, three.]

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  • tress, verb, present, 1st person singular of tress (infinitive).
  • tress, verb (infinitive).
  • tress, noun, singular of tresses.

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