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- [tres]
- /trɛs/
- /tres/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tres]
- /trɛs/
Definitions of tress word
- noun tress Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair. 1
- noun tress a plait or braid of hair. 1
- noun tress lock of hair 1
- countable noun tress A woman's tresses are her long flowing hair. 0
- noun tress a lock of hair, esp a long lock of woman's hair 0
- noun tress a plait or braid of hair 0
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Origin of tress
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English tresse < Middle French: plait or braid of hair < ?
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Parts of speech for Tress
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tress popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tress
noun tress
- cilia — the eyelashes
- cilium — any of the short thread-like projections on the surface of a cell, organism, etc, whose rhythmic beating causes movement of the organism or of the surrounding fluid
- cowlick — a tuft of hair over the forehead
- downs — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- hair — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
verb tress
- flute — a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- fluted — fine, clear, and mellow; flutelike: fluted notes.
- fluting — a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
Antonyms for tress
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