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单词 cornrow
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cornrow

[ kawrn-roh ]
/ ˈkɔrnˌroʊ /

noun

a type of braid, originating in Africa, in which a narrow strip of hair is plaited tightly against the scalp from front to back or from side to side.
Usually cornrows. a hairstyle consisting of such braids in close parallel rows.

verb (used with object)

to arrange (hair) in cornrows.

Origin of cornrow

An Americanism dating back to 1970–75; corn1 + row1

Words nearby cornrow

corn pone, corn poppy, corn-root aphid, corn rootworm, corn rose, cornrow, corn salad, corn shock, corn shuck, corn silk, corn smut
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British Dictionary definitions for cornrow

cornrow
/ (ˈkɔːnˌrəʊ) /

noun

a Black, originally African, hair-style in which the hair is plaited in close parallel rows, resembling furrows in a ploughed field
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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