PLAIT


Meaning of PLAIT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ plæt, AM pleɪt ]

( plaits, plaiting, plaited)

1.

If you plait three or more lengths of hair, rope, or other material together, you twist them over and under each other to make one thick length. ( mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use braid )

Joanna parted her hair, and then began to plait it into two thick braids.

...a plaited leather belt.

VERB : V n , V-ed

2.

A plait is a length of hair that has been plaited ( mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use braid )

N-COUNT

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