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EDGING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does edging mean?

• EDGING (noun)
The noun EDGING has 1 sense:

1. border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)

Familiarity information: EDGING used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EDGING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("edging" is a kind of...):

border (a strip forming the outer edge of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "edging"):

fringe (edging consisting of hanging threads or tassels)

orphrey (a richly embroidered edging on an ecclesiastical vestment)

Holonyms ("edging" is a part of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

carpet; carpeting; rug (floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile))

arras; tapestry (a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs)

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