Meaning of dreadlocks in English

(Definition of dreadlocks from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of dreadlocks from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of dreadlocks

dreadlocks
I look down and a young woman with dreadlocks is sitting in a large armchair.
A small, black dog -- wearing the equivalent of long, dark dreadlocks -- bounded out, racing around the gallery at full speed.
They show their devotion a bit differently: with dreadlocks and reggae.
From CNN
His face is bloated with pooled blood, some of which poured out of his body and soaked his dreadlocks and spilled onto the floor.
From CNN
The suspect had a strange description: a 6-foot man wearing white face paint, a wig with dreadlocks, a fake beard and a hat.
The woman is described as 5 foot 4 with a small build with her hair in braids or dreadlocks.
Sporting dreadlocks, abundant ink and a faraway look, she's itching to escape the misery of a poverty-stricken existence with a predatory dad.
Save for a few teenage girls in tie-dye skirts and the occasional dude with blonde dreadlocks, the crowd was flamboyantly plain.
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Translations of dreadlocks

in Chinese (Traditional)
「駭人」長髮綹(長髮結成辮,四下垂散的一種髮型)…
in Chinese (Simplified)
“骇人”长发绺(长发结成辫,四下垂散的一种发型)…
in Spanish
rizos al estilo de los rastafaris, Rastas…
in Portuguese
dreadlocks…
in more languages
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in Thai
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in Polish
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in Ukrainian
in Russian
çok sık örgülü saç, hiç taramadan uzatılan saç şekli, rasta…
dreadlocks…
dreadlocks…
dred, dread…
rastafrisure…
kepang…
เดรดล็อค, ทรงผมที่ถักเปียรั้งทั้งหัว…
kiểu tóc dreadlock…
dredy…
rastafrisyr…
rambut pilihan…
die Dreadlocks…
dreadlocks…
дреди…
прическа "дред"Ы…
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