dreadlock

A single strand of dreadlocks.

Noun

  1. A single strand of dreadlocks.

    Coordinate Terms: cornrow

Origin

From dreadlocks.

Forms

dreadlocks

Verb

  1. 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:

    Synonyms: dread

    Coordinate Terms: cornrow

Forms

dreadlocks dreadlocking dreadlocked

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