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fringe
/fɹɪnd͡ʒ/
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What does fringe mean?
noun
- A decorative border.
- A border or edging.
- (figuratively) A marginal or peripheral part.
More meanings (13)
noun
- A group of people situated on the periphery of a larger community.
- Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding extremist or unorthodox views.
- The periphery of an area, especially a town or city.
- Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc.
- Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across.
- A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
- Non-mainstream theatre.
- The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
- The area around the green.
- A daypart that precedes or follows prime time.
adjective
- Outside the mainstream.
verb
- To decorate with fringe.
- To serve as a fringe; to border.
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IPA pronunciation
/fɹɪnd͡ʒ/
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Then if you are lucky you will get seats in the last row and lodgings in the fringe of the town.
She soon made the acquaintance of the meat-man, and joined in the shy fringe of Cats that formed the outer circle.
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That part of the hair of the crown which naturally falls forwards is cut to form a straight fringe across the forehead.
In the prick-eared variety the ears are carried erect, with very fine ear feathering, and the face fringe is long and thick.
Across the flats, at the fringe of the town, were the dump heaps, the figures of a few Chinese rag-pickers moving over them.