FORELOCK
Dictionary entry overview: What does forelock mean?
• FORELOCK (noun)
The noun FORELOCK has 2 senses:
1. a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead
2. a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears
Familiarity information: FORELOCK used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FORELOCK (noun)
Meaning:
A lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("forelock" is a kind of...):
curl; lock; ringlet; whorl (a strand or cluster of hair)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forelock"):
quiff (a prominent forelock (especially one brushed upward from the forehead))
Meaning:
A lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
forelock; foretop
Hypernyms ("forelock" is a kind of...):
hair (a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss)
Holonyms ("forelock" is a part of...):
encolure (the mane of a horse)
