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How to pronounce frill in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ruff
Type of external body part
Type Words
Synonyms falderol, folderal, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery
Type of decoration, ornament, ornamentation
Type Words
Synonyms flounce, furbelow, ruffle
Type of adornment
Has types jabot, gauffer, goffer, peplum
Derivation frilly
Type Words
Type of plate

Examples of frill

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There, he found a distinctive frill that didn't match anything previously known.
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Serve on bun secured with frill pick, and garnish with grape tomato and gherkin.
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Cut into quarters, and secure with frill pick containing grape tomato and olive.
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All new and good-looking in a refreshingly frill-free way and surprisingly quiet.
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Some even frill up their laundry rooms with stereos and $5,000 mini dry cleaners.
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The vintage prints are pleasingly nostalgic, but totally frill and frou frou-free.
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The frill should be moist and pulsating, and the oyster should always look bright.
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The biggest frill of Jackson's show, actually, had to do with reaching out to fans.
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A large frill protruded from the back of its skull featuring two huge spikes.
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More examples
  • (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs
  • An external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
  • A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
  • Folderal: ornamental objects of no great value
  • (frilled) having decorative ruffles or frills
  • In sewing and dressmaking, a ruffle, frill, or furbelow is a strip of fabric, lace or ribbon tightly gathered or pleated on one edge and applied to a garment, bedding, or other textile as a form of trimming. ...
  • (frilling) the method of killing trees by inflicting a series of cuts around the bole and applying an herbicide to the wounds. Frilling or girdling can be used to reduce the density of a stand or to kill individual undesirable trees.
  • (Frilling) wrinkling and separation of the emulsion along the edges of its support material.
  • (frilling) describes (indirect film) gelatin emulsion which is falling off of its polyester base due to lateral swelling in the hardening bath, caused by weak chemistry or too high temperature.