frill

«frill» in Mova's school dictionary: a strip of cloth with lots of folds sewn on the edge of a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a frill, frills); in phrase «no frills»

meaning for a pupil

1) A frill is a strip of cloth with lots of folds sewn on the edge of a dress, curtain or collar for decoration. tree →

2) A frill is also a ruffle-like part on an animal, like the frill around the neck of a frilled lizard. tree →

3) Frills are extra things that are nice but not needed (informal). tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, the frilled lizard of Australia spreads its neck frill to scare enemies. In everyday life «no-frills» means simple and cheap: a no-frills airline. In stories, frilly dresses show old-fashioned or fancy clothes.

examples

• Her party dress had a pink frill at the hem. tree →
• The frilled lizard opened its frill and hissed. tree →
• It's a no-frills hotel, but it's clean. tree →
• The curtains had lace frills. tree →
• The dinosaur Triceratops had a big bony frill. tree →
• I just want a plain cake, no frills. tree →
• The lord took Jack in hands, dressed him from top to toe in broadcloth, and frills as white as snow, and turnpumps, and put a watch in his fob. tree →

note

Adjective: frilly. «No frills» = basic, nothing extra.

In the corpora

• The Australian frilled lizard opens a huge neck frill and hisses to look bigger, then runs away on its back legs.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «frill» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.