1 | verb | make by braiding or interlacing 2 | verb | decorate with braids or ribbons 3 | verb | form or weave into a braid or braids 4 | noun | a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair 5 | noun | trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains (5 meanings)

br'eyd (IPA: brˈeɪd)

braid (no hyphenation) (5 letters | 1 syllable)

1205 (High Middle ages) (820 years ago)

Old English |

braided | braiding | braids

lace | plait | pleach | tress | twist | braiding | gold braid (total: 7)

unbraid

pigtail | queue | aglet | aiglet | aiguilette | soutache (total: 6)

tissue | weave | adorn | beautify | decorate | embellish | grace | ornament | interweave | coif | coiffure | hairdo | hair style | hairstyle | passementerie | ... (total: 17)

afraid | allayed | arcade | arrayed | bade | bayed | betrayed | blade | blockade | brigade | brocade | buffeted | cascade | charade | cliched | ... (total: 88) (based on typical American pronunciation)

brain | brand

rabid

gold braid

Braid (US population: 500 people, white: 95%)

braid.com | braid.net | braid.org | braid.info | braid.biz (total: 5)

Cornrow, e.g. | Form a queue | Hair feature | Hair twist | Make challah | Pigtail, e.g. | Place for a bow, maybe | Place for a ribbon | Plait | Queue | Weave (total: 11) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

8 (International English) | 8 (North American English)

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