Usually means: Long locks of human hair.
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  1. tresses: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tresses: Merriam-Webster
  3. tresses: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tresses: Vocabulary.com
  5. Tresses, tresses: Wordnik
  6. tresses: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. tresses: Wiktionary
  8. tresses: Dictionary.com
  9. Tresses: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. tresses: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  a head of hair, particularly when the hair is of length

Similar:
plait, braid, twist, locks, mane, tignon, trick, tassel, hairlock, capillature, more...

Opposite:
baldness, shaved head, short hair

Types:
braid, ponytail, bun, updo, beehive, cornrow, dreadlock, perm, more...

Phrases:
ladies tresses, ladys tresses, ladies' tresses, hooded ladies tresses, lady's tresses, more...

Adjectives:
long, golden, black, dark, thick, beautiful, brown, luxuriant, silken, fair, blond



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Similar:
plait, braid, twist, locks, mane, tignon, trick, tassel, hairlock, capillature, more...

Opposite:
baldness, shaved head, short hair

Types:
braid, ponytail, bun, updo, beehive, cornrow, dreadlock, perm, more...

Phrases:
ladies tresses, ladys tresses, ladies' tresses, hooded ladies tresses, lady's tresses, european ladies tresses, hooded ladies' tresses, western ladies tresses, european ladies' tresses, more...

Adjectives:
long, golden, black, dark, thick, beautiful, brown, luxuriant, silken, fair, blond



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