different between parting vs dreadlocks

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??t??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??t??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t??

Noun

parting (plural partings)

1. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.

   • The parting of the way.

2. A farewell, the act of departing politely.
   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

     But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.

3. (Britain) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions; part (US)
4. (founding) The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.
5. (chemistry) The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
6. (geology) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
7. (nautical) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
8. (mineralogy) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.

Translations

Verb

parting

1. present participle of part

Derived terms

• parting shot

Anagrams

• prating, rapting, tarping, traping, tripang

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole dreadlocks. Compound of dread +? locks, in reference to the dread or awe of God.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??dl?ks/

Noun

dreadlocks pl (normally plural, singular dreadlock)

1. A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings.

Synonyms

• dreads
• locks

Related terms

• braids

Translations

Anagrams

• saddlerock

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

dreadlocks

1. plural of dreadlock

Portuguese

Noun

dreadlocks m

1. plural of dreadlock