cornrow
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈkɔrnˌroʊ/
:
trenza de maíz
- She was tall and pretty and wore a print dress, her hair in cornrows.
- cornrow hair
- tight cornrows
- cornrow hairstyle
Think of Beckham's Mohawk or cornrows.
- Think of Beckham's Mohawk or cornrows.
- I had plants in my hair, little cornrows and stuff, braids, you know, pants hanging down around my knees, and nobody really knew who I was.
- It's like if you're not like a trans cornrow or something, you don't even get elected, right.
Examples
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She looks so sharp in her silk beige blouse, with her reddish cornrows freshly laid out.
Fiction book (1991) -
Devon, would you like me to help you take your cornrows out?
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I think your cornrows are too tight.
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- Yeah, I like your cornrows.
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The clothes were to die for, and people wore beautiful cornrow wigs with gold flowers in them.
Fiction book (1999) -
She just gave me these cornrows, a really beautiful style.
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I'm looking for this really good-looking brother with cornrows.
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Jenna even decorated her cornrows with beads.
Fiction book (1997) -
Her hair was done up in orange cornrows—a new style for her, but then she changed styles just about every other semester.
Fiction book (1999) -
Patrice had her hair styled in cornrows for the traditional festival.
Synonyms
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1.3
A hairstyle made by weaving three or more strands of hair together
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cornrow comes from the words corn and row, meaning 'rows of corn', because the narrow, raised braids look like neat lines in a field; it is a traditional African hairstyle and that's why the word means those tight braids close to the scalp.