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How to pronounce dreadlock in English?

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Type Words
Type of curl, lock, ringlet, whorl

Examples of dreadlock

dreadlock
Their tie-dyed, dreadlock-draped outfits looked as if the vultures had attacked.
From the chron.com
Kids all over Cleveland donned dreadlock wigs and went as Cribbs for Halloween.
From the washingtontimes.com
As they grow up, their hair grows into thick, hard-to-manage dreadlock-like cords.
From the courier-journal.com
One is 5-foot-10 and 180 pounds, with a dark complexion and braided or dreadlock hair.
From the suntimes.com
No one reeked of patchouli and there was nary a dreadlock in sight.
From the sacbee.com
There's no question what the dreadlock-wearing Dodgers fans want.
From the stltoday.com
Also sold out were the allotment of dreadlock wigs, which sold for $25 and are popular at Dodger Stadium.
From the nytimes.com
Effectively the dreadlock can become an extension and therefore impossible to adjudicate accurately.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He has shoulder length dreadlock hair and wore a dark knit hat and dark hooded shirt during the shooting, witnesses said.
From the delawareonline.com
More examples
  • One of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp; popularized by Rastafarians
  • Dreadlocks, also called locks or dreads, are matted coils of hair. Dreadlocks are usually intentionally formed; because of the variety of different hair textures, various methods are used to encourage the formation of locks such as backcombing sections of the hair, twisting or a process ...
  • A single strand of dreadlocks; To put (hair) into dreadlocks
  • (dreadlocks) A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings
  • (Dreadlocks (dreads, locks)) This hairstyle is formed by matted ropes that are formed without styling aids like brushes, combs, and scissors.
  • (Dreadlocks) Although it sounds like a hairstyle to be afraid it, dreadlocks are just a way to curl hair in a Rastafarian tradition.