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# ringlet

noun (a ringlet, ringlets)

«ringlet» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A long, curly lock of hair hanging down in a spiral. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ringlet/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories and old pictures, especially of Victorian girls. In Alice in Wonderland Alice worries she has turned into Ada, «for her hair goes in such long ringlets, and mine doesn't go in ringlets at all». Hairdressers make ringlets with curling tongs.

### Examples

- Her hair hung in golden ringlets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ringlet/#x1)
- Alice said Ada's hair went in long ringlets, but hers did not. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ringlet/#x2)
- The doll had shiny brown ringlets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ringlet/#x3)
- Mum made ringlets in my hair for the wedding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ringlet/#x4)
- Victorian girls often wore their hair in ringlets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ringlet/#x5)
- A ringlet fell over her eye. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ringlet/#x6)

### Note

Usually plural: ringlets. Similar: curl, lock, tress.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ringlet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ringlet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ringlet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ringlet.html) on Mova free.