Wondering how to use Frill in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as plate or decoration.
Frill meaning
- A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
- A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric.
- A wrinkled edge to a film.
Synonyms of Frill
Using Frill
- The main meaning on this page is: A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim. | A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric. | A wrinkled edge to a film.
- Useful related words include: plate, decoration, trumpery, nonsense.
- In the example corpus, frill often appears in combinations such as: the frill, and frill.
Context around Frill
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Frill
- In this selection, "frill" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, abstract, border, large, sleeve, varies and fringe stand out and add context to how "frill" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a large frill around their and a no frill up do. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "frill" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with frill
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Border, Frill, Fringe, Trim. (14 words)
Elsewhere, shoppers can pick up the brown abstract frill sleeve smock maxi dress from River Island for £50. (18 words)
In fact, it fits well into the ceratopsine subfamily, apart from its one feature of a shortened frill. (18 words)
The pygmies asserted it was not a regular rhinoceros, as it had more than one horn (six horns on the frill in one eyewitness account), and that the father of one of the senior members of the community had killed one with a spear a number of years ago. (49 words)
The 16-piece edit includes some of Holly’s much-loved shapes and styles; from the denim midi dress and button through skirt, to the rich navy jumpsuit and frill detail denim shirt. (33 words)
The US singer has locks as long as Rapunzel, but she's prone to mixing up her look occasionally by pulling it off her face in a no-frill up do like this. (33 words)
Example sentences (12)
Elsewhere, shoppers can pick up the brown abstract frill sleeve smock maxi dress from River Island for £50.
The colour of the frill varies and is a result of carotenoids, which it acquires from the insect diet.
The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Border, Frill, Fringe, Trim.
They also have a large frill around their neck which is extended out in combat in order to scare off potential threats.
The 16-piece edit includes some of Holly’s much-loved shapes and styles; from the denim midi dress and button through skirt, to the rich navy jumpsuit and frill detail denim shirt.
The US singer has locks as long as Rapunzel, but she's prone to mixing up her look occasionally by pulling it off her face in a no-frill up do like this.
Andrew Farke had in 2006 stressed that, apart from the frill, no systematic differences could be found between Torosaurus and Triceratops.
Functions of the horns and frill Front view of skull with a prominent epoccipital fringe, Houston Museum of Natural Science There has been much speculation over the functions of Triceratops' head adornments.
In fact, it fits well into the ceratopsine subfamily, apart from its one feature of a shortened frill.
It was around this time that a frill was added around Kermit's neck to make him more frog-like.
Scannella's Triceratops specimen with a hole on its frill, they argued, could represent a diseased or malformed individual rather than a transitional stage between an immature Triceratops and mature Torosaurus form.
The pygmies asserted it was not a regular rhinoceros, as it had more than one horn (six horns on the frill in one eyewitness account), and that the father of one of the senior members of the community had killed one with a spear a number of years ago.
Common combinations with frill
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: