microbraid

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noun

A very thin braid in hair.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounmicrobraid (plural microbraids)

plural microbraids

  1. A very thin braid in hair.

    English is little heard, and women wrapped in Technicolor fabrics plait microbraids into customers’ hair as their colleagues beckon passers-by.

    2009 September 20, Sarah Maslin Nir, “The Rebirth, and the Beat, Goes On”, in New York Times

Origin

From micro- + braid.

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APA

microbraid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microbraid

MLA

“microbraid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microbraid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microbraid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microbraid.

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