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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ringlet has 4 senses
- ringlet(n = noun.shape) coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, roll, scroll, whorl - a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals); Array has particulars: corolla, calyx, verticil
- ringlet(n = noun.body) curl, lock, whorl - a strand or cluster of hair; Array is a kind of hair
- ringlet(n = noun.artifact) Array - a small ring; Array is a kind of band, ring
- ringlet(n = noun.animal) ringlet butterfly - any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae; Array is a kind of butterfly
is a kind of round shape
is a part of coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle
has particulars: sausage curl, forelock, crimp, dreadlock
is a member of family satyridae, satyridae
CIDE DICTIONARY
ringlet, n. [Ring + -let.].
- A small ring; a small circle; specifically, a fairy ring. [1913 Webster]"You demi-puppets, that
By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make,
Whereof the ewe not bites." [1913 Webster] - A curl; especially, a curl of hair. [1913 Webster]"[Her golden tresses] in wanton ringlets waved." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ringlet, n.
1 a curly lock of hair, esp. a long one.
2 a butterfly, Aphantopus hyperantus, with spots on its wings.
1 a curly lock of hair, esp. a long one.
2 a butterfly, Aphantopus hyperantus, with spots on its wings.
Derivative
ringleted adj. ringlety adj.
THESAURUS
ringlet
annulet, circlet, cirrus, coil, corkscrew, crimp, curl, curlicue, evolute, eye, eyelet, frizz, frizzle, grommet, gyre, helix, involute, kink, lock, ponytail, roll, roundlet, screw, scroll, spiral, swirl, tendril, twirl, twist, volute, volution, vortex, whirl, whorlROGET THESAURUS
ringlet
Circularity
N circularity, roundness, rotundity, circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet, ringlet, eye, loop, wheel, cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band, contrate wheel, crown wheel, hub, nave, sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland, crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar, noose, lasso, lassoo, ellipse, oval, ovule, ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle, semicircle, quadrant, sextant, sector, sphere, round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, oval, ovate, elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped, pear-shaped, cycloidal, spherical, I watched the little circles die.Roughness
N roughness, tooth, grain, texture, ripple, asperity, rugosity, salebrosity, corrugation, nodosity, arborescence, pilosity, brush, hair, beard, shag, mane, whisker, moustache, imperial, tress, lock, curl, ringlet, fimbriae, pili, cilia, villi, lovelock, beaucatcher, curl paper, goatee, papillote, scalp lock, plumage, plumosity, plume, panache, crest, feather, tuft, fringe, toupee, wool, velvet, plush, nap, pile, floss, fur, down, byssus, moss, bur, fluff, knot (convolution), rough, uneven, scabrous, scaly, knotted, rugged, rugose, rugous, knurly, asperous, crisp, salebrous, gnarled, unpolished, unsmooth, roughhewn, craggy, cragged, crankling, scraggy, prickly, arborescent, leafy, well-wooded, feathery, plumose, plumigerous, laciniate, laciniform, laciniose, pappose, pileous, pilose, trichogenous, trichoid, tufted, fimbriated, hairy, ciliated, filamentous, hirsute, crinose, crinite, bushy, hispid, villous, pappous, bearded, pilous, shaggy, shagged, fringed, befringed, setous, setose, setaceous, like quills upon the fretful porcupine, rough as a nutmeg grater, rough as a bear, downy, velvety, flocculent, woolly, lanate, lanated, lanuginous, lanuginose, tomentose, fluffy, against the grain, cabello luengo y corto el seso.
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