fringe
IPA: frˈɪndʒ
noun
- A decorative border.
- A marginal or peripheral part.
- Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views.
- The periphery of a town or city (or other area).
- (UK) Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across.
- (physics) A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
- Non-mainstream theatre.
- (botany) The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
- (golf) The area around the green
- (Australia) Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc.
- (television, radio) A daypart that precedes or follows prime time.
verb
- (transitive) To decorate with fringe.
- (transitive) To serve as a fringe.
adjective
- Outside the mainstream.
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Examples of "fringe" in Sentences
- The fringe is anchored in the past.
- The tips of the fringe were frayed.
- The curtain was decorated by a fringe.
- Most live on the fringes of the swamp.
- The fringes are used to tie the arrow sash.
- Coral reefs fringe the islands of the Caribbean.
- We are talking about the utter fringe of the fringe.
- Even the fringes of the park are eminently rewarding.
- The controversy is the product of the fringe hype machine.
- The only hair on them is on the ear fringes and tail bristles.