frill
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“The attitude was that this is a frill, just like art and music. Not essential.”
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
Measuring about five metres long and weighing two tonnes, the four-legged beasts had large heads, adorned with a distinctive bony frill and three horns.
From BBC • May 19, 2025
The subject doesn’t require a lot of rhetorical frill to have its effect.
From Slate • Aug. 23, 2024
The huge plant-eater boasted a splendid frill on its head, topped with spikes and two large horns which curved downwards like blades.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 20, 2024
An instant later she saw that the bridge didn’t make it all the way across, and there was no river frill of metal deposits beneath it to catch her.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
Vocabulary lists containing frill
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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