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microbraid

microbraid noun: a very thin braid in hair.

Noun

microbraid (plural microbraids)

  1. A very thin braid in hair.
    • English is little heard, and women wrapped in Technicolor fabrics plait microbraids into customers’ hair as their colleagues beckon passers-by.2009 September 20, Sarah Maslin Nir, “The Rebirth, and the Beat, Goes On”, in New York Times

Forms of microbraid

pluralmicrobraids

Origin of microbraid

From micro- + braid.

Questions about microbraid

What does microbraid mean?
Microbraid means a very thin braid in hair.
What part of speech is microbraid?
Microbraid is a noun.
What is the plural of microbraid?
The plural of microbraid is microbraids.

Words near microbraid in the dictionary

  1. microbrachid
  2. microbrachids
  3. microbrachomorph
  4. microbrachomorphs
  5. microbrachytherapy
  6. microbraid
  7. microbraids
  8. microbrain
  9. microbrains
  10. microbranch
  11. microbranches

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