SEAM

Pronunciation (US):

• SEAM (noun)
  The noun SEAM has 3 senses:

1. joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
2. a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
3. a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit

  Familiarity information: SEAM used as a noun is uncommon.

• SEAM (verb)
  The verb SEAM has 1 sense:

1. put together with a seam

  Familiarity information: SEAM used as a verb is very rare.

• SEAM (noun)

Meaning:

Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

joint (junction by which parts or objects are joined together)

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

fell; felled seam (seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges)

surgical seam; suture (a seam used in surgery)

welt (a raised or strengthened seam)

Meaning:

A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

wrinkle; crinkle; seam; furrow; crease; line

Context examples:

his face has many lines / ironing gets rid of most wrinkles

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

depression; impression; imprint (a concavity in a surface produced by pressing)

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

line of destiny; line of fate; line of Saturn (a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be)

heart line; line of heart; love line; mensal line (a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature)

life line; lifeline; line of life (a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live)

frown line (a facial wrinkle associated with frowning)

dermatoglyphic (the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet))

crow's feet; crow's foot; laugh line (a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes)

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

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)

Meaning:

A stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

seam; bed

Context example:

he worked in the coal beds

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

stratum (one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock))

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

coal seam (a seam of coal)

• SEAM (verb)

Meaning:

Put together with a seam

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

seam a dress

Hypernyms (to "seam" is one way to...):

bring together; join (cause to become joined or linked)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "seam"):

suture (join with a suture)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something