Dictionary Entry
plait
plait is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.
- 2noun
A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
- 3transitive verb
To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.
- 4transitive verb
To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.
- 5noun
any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
Synonyms
- 6noun
a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- 7verb
weave into plaits
"plait hair"
- 8verb
make by braiding or interlacing
"lace a tablecloth"
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