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frill

Syllabification: (frill)
Pronunciation: /fril/
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Definition of frill

noun

  • 1a strip of gathered or pleated material sewn by one side onto a garment or larger piece of material as a decorative edging or ornament.
  • a thing resembling a frill in appearance or function:a frill of silver hair surrounded a shining bald pate
  • a natural fringe of feathers or hair on a bird or other animal.
  • Paleontology an upward-curving bony plate extending behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs.
  • 2 (usually frills) an unnecessary extra feature or embellishment:it was just a comfortable apartment with no frills

Derivatives

frilled

adjective

frillery

Pronunciation: /ˈfrilərē/
noun

Origin:

late 16th century: from or related to Flemish frul

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Definition of frill in the British & World English dictionary