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noun

ˈplāt

as in braid

a length of something formed of three or more strands woven together she wore a plait down her back that reached her waist

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verb

as in to braid

to form into a braid plaited the doll's hair so it wouldn't tangle

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Noun

Low-tension styles are no longer just a few neat plaits. —

Donnetta Monk, Essence, 21 Nov. 2025 To complete the ensemble, braid your hair into two plaits and tie them with baby blue bows at the ends. —

Emma Kershaw, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025

Verb

Princess Charlotte, also 10, is known to plait her hair back with a braid on each side of her head, with the braids then tied with a ribbon or woven into a longer braid, also tied with a bow. —

Janine Henni, People.com, 21 July 2025 The various story strands are plaited together so neatly as to become a single braid, with an emphasis on how much these lives interlock as the shelter inmates support each other. —

Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for plait

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braid

Noun

How to refresh boho braids Certain box braid styles like boho braids need a little more maintenance than regular box braids.

— Danielle James, Allure, 22 Apr. 2026
But as soon as one flagellar motor reverses direction and starts rotating clockwise, the bundle falls apart; the reverse-twirling filament unravels the braid and puts the cell’s flagellar motors at cross-purposes, kicking the cell around.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026