tress

noun

ˈtres 

1

: a long lock of hair

especially : the long unbound hair of a woman

—usually plural

2

archaic : a plait of hair : braid

Examples of tress in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Leni completed the costume with a wig imitating Camilla’s dark, curly tresses, and wore the character’s most iconic outfit with a white tank top and oversized hairbow. — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2026

Meanwhile, Navarrette styled her long tresses in a similar hue of deep, rich brown to flow down her back in a soft blowout. — Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026

At the Palazzo Reale, an entire wall is punctuated by Picabia’s loose pencil and watercolor studies of the severe faces of Sevillian women, dark tresses piled high under lace mantillas. — Nicole Kaack, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2026

In this case, Louise’s washing of her long gray tresses is less an erotic image than an act of self-dramatization in the theatre of being. — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English tresse, from Anglo-French tresce

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for tress

• bless
• chess
• cress
• dress
• es
• ess
• esse
• fess
• guess
• jess
• less
• lesse

Kids Definition

tress

noun

ˈtres 

: a long lock of hair