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1 | 99% | 5 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 38% | 8 | Rejecting superfluous details and adornment | |
3 | 36% | 11 | A figure of speech indicating the act of adding superfluous adornment | |
Maybe Superfluous Piece Of Adornment Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "FRILL" which means:
- noun
- • (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs
- • An external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
- • A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- • Ornamental objects of no great value verb
- • To make into a frill.
- • To become wrinkled.
- • To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back in crimped plaits.
- • To shake or shiver as with cold (with reference to a hawk).
- • To cry (with reference to a bird of prey).
An example sentence would be:
- • "The dress was adorned with lace frills."
- • "The curtains had decorative frills along the edges."
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