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dredlocks

dredlocks is the alternative form of dreadlocks.

Meaning of dreadlocks

Noun

dreadlocks pl (normally plural, singular dreadlock)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.
    • The patient history may point to the use of tight hairstyles that put tension on the hair root or hair treatments that increase the vulnerability to traction-related damage. The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks...2021, Oma N. Agbai, Jodie Raffi, “Hair Loss in Women of Color”, in Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, editors, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations (Updates in Clinical Dermatology)...
    Synonyms:
    dreads, locks

Questions about dredlocks

What is dredlocks the alternative form of?
Dredlocks is the alternative form of dreadlocks.

Words near dredlocks in the dictionary

  1. dredging
  2. dredging box
  3. dredging boxes
  4. dredging up
  5. dredgings
  6. dredlocks
  7. dreds
  8. dree
  9. dree one's weird
  10. dreed
  11. dreeing

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