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Fringe

noun
/fɹɪndʒ/
Word Frequency: 4.4

Definitions

1.nounHair hanging over the forehead.
2.nounA hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.
3.nounBrucellosis, a bacterial disease.
4.nounA decorative border.
"the fringe of a picture"
5.nounA marginal or peripheral part.
6.nounThose members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views.
7.nounThe periphery of a town or city.
"He lives in the fringe of London."
8.nounA light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
"interference fringe"
9.nounNon-mainstream theatre.
"The Fringe; Edinburgh Fringe; Adelaide Fringe"
10.nounThe peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
11.nounThe area around the green
12.nounUsed attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc.
13.nounA daypart that precedes or follows prime time.
14.verbTo decorate with fringe.
15.verbTo serve as a fringe.
16.adjectiveOutside the mainstream.

Synonyms

bangforelocksfringefringe groupoutskirtsalternativenonmainstreamedgeoutskirtperipheryperipheralmarginal

Rhymes With

twingecringetingewhingeinfringesingehingeimpinge
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