Furbelow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A ruffle or flounce on a garment.
  • n. A piece of showy ornamentation.
  • v. To decorate with a ruffle or flounce.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A ruffle, frill or flounce on clothing.
  • n. A decorative piece of fabric, usually gathered or pleated.
  • n. A small, showy ornamentation.
  • v. To adorn with a furbelow; to ornament.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.
  • v. To put a furbelow on; to ornament.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A piece of stuff plaited and puckered on a gown or petticoat; a plaited or puffed flounce; the plaited border of a petticoat or skirt.
  • n. Hence An elaborate adornment of any kind.
  • n. The Laminaria bulbosa, a species of seaweed having a large wrinkled frond, found on the coasts of England.
  • n. Some part or process like a fringe or flounce.
  • To furnish or ornament with furbelows or elaborate embellishments.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
    • Verb Form
    furbelowed    furbelowing    furbelows   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    adornment   
    Hyponym
    jabot    peplum    goffer    gauffer   
    Form
    furbelowed    furbelowing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ornament   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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