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Synonyms for frill

ruffle

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no frills

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Synonyms for frill

something costly and unnecessary

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Synonyms for frill

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

an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal

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a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

ornamental objects of no great value

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The new species, tentatively being called frilled giant Pacific octopus by the researchers who found it, was discovered when Nathan Hollenbeck and David Scheel from Alaska Pacific University were looking at shrimp by-catch as part of Hollenbeck's senior-year thesis.
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Made up mostly of bone and keratin, the neck frill would not have offered much nutrition to a hungry dinosaur, Fowler explained.
TRY New Look embellished frill top, pounds 40; Evans grey frill dress, pounds 35; Dorothy Perkins pink waterfall tunic, pounds 35.
DRESSED TO FRILL: (main picture) Wallis white linen skirt (pounds 35).
PS28, www.missselfridge.com BLACK PRINT BELTED SHORTS: Coming in five on-trend colours, these print belt shorts feature a frill hem and D-ring belt.
I have a Pepto-Bismol-pink top with a frill from left shoulder to right hip that balances out my very non-Britney backside.
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Givenchy added a wave of elegance to a grey trousers–and–tunic outfit by adding a decorative frill on one side.
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