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frills

/fɹɪlz/

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

Examples :

"The birthday cake was pretty, decorated with pink frosting and paper frills around the edge. "
appearance style material

Related Words

Illustration relatively

relatively adverb

[ˈɹɛl.ə.tʰɪv.li]

Proportionally, in relation to some larger scale thing.

"He measured his success relatively, that is, competitively."

Illustration something

something noun

/ˈsamθɪŋ/ /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

An object whose nature is yet to be defined.

"My friend told me there was something in the box, but I didn't know what it was yet. "

Illustration substance

substance noun

/ˈsʌbstəns/

Physical matter; material.

"The scientist carefully examined the substance to determine its chemical composition. "

Illustration resembling

resembling verb

/ɹɪˈzɛmblɪŋ/

To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.

"The twins resemble each other."

Illustration decoration

decoration noun

/ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/

The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

"The teacher used colorful posters as a decoration for the classroom. "

Illustration essential

essential noun

/ɪˈsɛn.ʃəl/

A necessary ingredient.

"Salt is an essential for cooking a good soup. "

Illustration projector

projector noun

/prəˈdʒɛktər/

Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something.

"The teacher was the projector of the new school fundraising project. "

Illustration dramatically

dramatically adverb

/drəˈmætɪkli/ /dɹəˈmætɪkli/

In a dramatic manner.

"The weather changed dramatically; it was sunny one moment and raining heavily the next. "

Illustration cartilaginous

cartilaginous adjective

/kɑːrtɪˈlædʒənəs/ /kɑːrtɪˈlædʒɪnəs/

Comprising soft cartilage rather than bone

"Cartilaginous fish such as the angler fish have a skeletal structure made up of cartilage."

Illustration decorated

decorated verb

/ˈdɛkəɹeɪtɪd/

To furnish with decorations.

"We decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel and baubles."

Illustration difficult

difficult verb

/ˈdɪfɪkəlt/

To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.

"The complicated instructions on the new software difficult me from completing the project on time. "

Illustration extraneous

extraneous adjective

/ekˈstɹæɪ.ni.əs/ /ɛkˈstɹeɪ.ni.əs/

Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign

"Extraneous substances were found on my cup of water."