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      fringe
      noun
      (also figurative) A marginal or peripheral part.
      A group of people situated on the periphery of a larger community.
      (also attributive) Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding extremist or unorthodox views.
      A decorative border.
      (by extension) A border or edging.
      The periphery of an area, especially a town or city.
      (UK) Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across.
      Non-mainstream theatre.
      (physics) A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
      (botany) The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
      (golf) The area around the green
      (television, radio) A daypart that precedes or follows prime time.
      (Australia) Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc.
      verb
      (transitive) To decorate with fringe.
      (transitive) To serve as a fringe; to border.
      adjective
      Outside the mainstream.
      Roots
      fimbriafringe- · Latin · fringe, border
      Synonyms for fringe
      peripherynbangsnedgenfeatheredgenfrillnfurbelownrufflev
      Words related to fringe
      fringyadjchlamydatevoutskirtnlaciniateadjtasselingnmarginaladjtasselsnbarbulemargentadjsubmarginalflouncesvruchingsequinnlimbatevpassementeriensoutachen

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