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frill

(fr/I/l )

(paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs(noun.body)

source: wordnet30
an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal(noun.body)

Synonym:
ruff

source: wordnet30
a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
flounce, furbelow, ruffle

source: wordnet30
ornamental objects of no great value(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
falderol, folderal, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery

source: wordnet30
A ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold.(noun)

source: webster1913

To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills.(verb)

source: webster1913
To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap.(verb)

source: webster1913

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