1
: a long lock of hair
especially
: the long unbound hair of a woman
—usually used in plural
2
archaic
: a plait of hair : braid
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Even with a baseball cap over her silky tresses, her beauty look was luckily still in plain view.
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Essence, 23 Jan. 2026
Cutting my tresses wasn't a consideration at the time, but lightening them didn’t seem so scary.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 20 Jan. 2026
Stamos' post offered multiple views of the process, including a side view of the hair and a video of his tresses being washed in a sink.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Wigs of all colors and lengths, red curls, long blonde tresses, short and capped and black.
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Essence, 23 Jan. 2026
Cutting my tresses wasn't a consideration at the time, but lightening them didn’t seem so scary.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 20 Jan. 2026
Stamos' post offered multiple views of the process, including a side view of the hair and a video of his tresses being washed in a sink.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Wigs of all colors and lengths, red curls, long blonde tresses, short and capped and black.
—Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for tress
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“Tress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tress. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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noun
: a long lock of hair
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