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Dreadlocks vs Dreadlock - What's the difference?

dreadlocks | dreadlock |

As nouns the difference between dreadlocks and dreadlock

is that dreadlocks is a hairstyle worn by rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings while dreadlock is a single strand of dreadlocks.

As a verb dreadlock is

to put (hair) into dreadlocks.

dreadlocks

English

(wikipedia dreadlocks)

Noun

  • A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings.

    • Synonyms

    * dreads * locks

    Related terms

    * braids

    dreadlock

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A single strand of dreadlocks

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put (hair) into dreadlocks
  • *{{quote-book, 2004, David Benioff, When the Nines Roll Over and Other Stories citation
    • , passage=I paced the avenues, mane dreadlocked by city dirt.}}

    Synonyms

    *dread