PASSEMENTERIES Synonyms

• a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)

• a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns

• spin, wind, or twist together

• make by braiding or interlacing

• do lacework

• draw through eyes or holes

• add alcohol to (beverages)

• a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment

• the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity)

• the capacity to attract and hold something

• strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration

• the act of applying a bandage

• one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall

• the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book

• executed with proper legal authority

• a line that indicates a boundary

• the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

• the boundary of a surface

• a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge

• a strip forming the outer edge of something

• extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

• form the boundary of; be contiguous to

• enclose in or as if in a frame

• provide with a border or edge

• lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

• a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

• trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains

• make by braiding or interlacing

• decorate with braids or ribbons

• form or weave into a braid or braids

• something used to beautify

• an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

• the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)

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

• elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail

• a superfluous ornament

• the act of adding extraneous decorations to something

• a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves

• an embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on pottery or in architectural work

• flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration

• decorate with strings of flowers

• the outside boundary or surface of something

• a part of the city far removed from the center

• one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light

• a social group holding marginal or extreme views

• a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead

• an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels

• adorn with a fringe

• decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe

• A braided trimming with bullion thread, used on men's coats in the eighteenth century, on women's apparel in the nineteenth, and on such furnishings as draperies or cushions.

• something used to beautify

• make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

• be an ornament to

• adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end

• a state of arrangement or appearance

• a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment

• attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation

• cutting down to the desired size or shape

• thin and fit

• characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder

• neat and smart in appearance

• severely simple in line or design

• remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size

• decorate, as with ornaments

• cut down on; make a reduction in

• balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces

• be in equilibrium during a flight

• decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

• cut closely

• adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used

• the act of adding decoration

• a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment

• cutting down to the desired size or shape