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

1. noun. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.
2. noun. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
3. transitive verb. To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.
4. transitive verb. To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.
5. noun. any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape

   Synonyms: pleat

6. noun. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

   Synonyms: braid, tress, twist

7. verb. weave into plaits

   "plait hair"

8. verb. make by braiding or interlacing

   "lace a tablecloth"

   Synonyms: braid, lace

Synonyms

pleat, braid, tress, twist, lace

Common word forms

plaits, plaited, plaiter, plaiting, plaitless

Words from these letters

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