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frill

/fɹɪl/

noun

Meaning

  • A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.

  • A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric.

  • A wrinkled edge to a film.

  • Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury.

  • The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one.

Synonyms

flounce,
furbelow,
ruffle,
neck frill

verb

Meaning

  • To make into a frill.

  • To become wrinkled.

  • To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back in crimped plaits.