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dread·locks

(drĕd′lŏks′)

pl.n.

Locks of hair in which the individual hairs have been allowed or encouraged to mat together into ropelike masses.

[From Caribbean English dread, follower of Rastafarianism, from dread, righteous fear of God; see dread.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

dreadlocks

(ˈdrɛdˌlɒks)

pl n

(Hairdressing & Grooming) hair worn in the Rastafarian style of long matted or tightly curled strands

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

dread•locks

(ˈdrɛdˌlɒks)

n.pl.

a hairstyle of many long ropelike locks.

[1955–60]

Translations

dreadlocks

[ˈdrɛdlɒks] npl (= hairstyle) → dreadlocks fpl

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dreadlocks

, dreads (inf)

pl → Dreadlocks pl

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

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