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dreadlock en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɹɛdlɒk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdɹɛdˌlɑk/ (General-American)

Etymology

From dreadlocks.

Meanings

1. A single strand of dreadlocks.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
dreadlocks	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Coordinates

cornrow

Translations (9)

mi kōrinorino (single strand of dreadlocks) · fr cadenette (single strand of dreadlocks) · mi uru mange (single strand of dreadlocks) · nl dreadlock (single strand of dreadlocks) · es rasta (single strand of dreadlocks) · sw rasta (single strand of dreadlocks) · mk суканица (single strand of dreadlocks) · fi rasta (single strand of dreadlocks) · fr dread (single strand of dreadlocks)

dreadlock en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɹɛdlɒk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdɹɛdˌlɑk/ (General-American)

Etymology

From dreadlocks.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To put (hair) into dreadlocks.
   • I paced the avenues, mane dreadlocked by city dirt. 2004, David Benioff, When the Nines Roll Over and Other Stories, →ISBN, page 86:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
dreadlocking	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
dreadlocks	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
dreadlocked	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
dreadlocked	Tense=Past		lexicographic

Coordinates

cornrow

Synonyms

dread