Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun forelock

2 senses of forelock

Sense 1
forelock -- (a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead)
       => lock, curl, ringlet, whorl -- (a strand or cluster of hair)

Sense 2
forelock, foretop -- (a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears)
       => 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; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells")