frills
pronunciation
How to pronounce frills in British English:
UK [frɪlz]
How to pronounce frills in American English:
US [frɪlz]
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- Noun:
- ornamental objects of no great value
Word Origin
- frills (n.)
- "mere embellishments," 1893, often in negative constructions; earlier "affectation of dress or manner" (1845), U.S. colloquial, from frill (n.) "ornamental bordering."
Example
- 1. And no phone has more piping , braiding and frills than the samsung galaxy s4 .
- 2. Fins were all but gone , along with all the baroque frills that produced cars like rolling jukeboxes .
- 3. You can bet he didn 't have any frills .
- 4. Frills they never thought they could have become essentials that they cannot do without .
- 5. This is a house with no frills .