Meaning

1 senses
  1. (in the plural)One of a set of rows of tightly braided hair close to the scalp, forming a hairstyle, of African origin.

    Cornrow, Flechtreihe

    францу́зская коси́чкаfrancúzskaja kosíčka, туга́я коси́чкаtugája kosíčka

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Cornrows is a hairstyle popular among the people with thick curly hair.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
braided hair close to the scalp:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
braided hair close to the scalp:

Origin

From corn + row, reflecting the figurative evocation of rows of corn in a cornfield.

From corn + row, reflecting the figurative evocation of rows of corn in a cornfield.

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Forms

plural: cornrows
Singularcornrow
Pluralcornrows

regular

Word family

1 related words
DerivedrowA1

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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