plait

Speech parts

1. plait - Noun

2. plait - Verb

Meaning

A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.

To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.

To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

braid pleat tress twist lace interlace interlink cockle wattle double wind loop coil gather knot
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Antonyms

free open separate spread expand extend
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Hypernyms

bend coiffure tissue fold weave crease

Hyponyms

queue tuck pigtail knife pleat box pleat kick pleat

Phrases with the word

plait fog plait sawdust

Derivatives

plaited plaiting

Anagrams

lapti Patil Pilat

Examples

And his hands would plait the priest's entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings. Denis Diderot

lace a tablecloth Source: Internet

plait hair Source: Internet

Caligula had a posthumous struck of his mother Agripinna the Elder, a Sestertii Bronze coin minted at Rome (Struck under Gaius (Caligula), 37-41 AD) The image with the draped bust of Agrippina right, wearing hair in long plait. Source: Internet

When twisted to form a plait mozzarella is called treccia main. Source: Internet

I too once wanted to be an archaeologist, so Rose will be a must on the trip, s'il vous plait. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Plaisted plaister Plaistow plait fog plait sawdust plaited