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# frill

«frill» in Mova's school dictionary: **a strip of cloth with lots of folds sewn on the edge of a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a frill, frills); in phrase «no frills»

### meaning for a pupil

1) A frill is a strip of cloth with lots of folds sewn on the edge of a dress, curtain or collar for decoration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frill/#m1)

2) A frill is also a ruffle-like part on an animal, like the frill around the neck of a frilled lizard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frill/#m2)

3) Frills are extra things that are nice but not needed (informal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frill/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, the frilled lizard of Australia spreads its neck frill to scare enemies. In everyday life «no-frills» means simple and cheap: a no-frills airline. In stories, frilly dresses show old-fashioned or fancy clothes.

### examples

- Her party dress had a pink frill at the hem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frill/#x1)
- The frilled lizard opened its frill and hissed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frill/#x2)
- It's a no-frills hotel, but it's clean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frill/#x3)
- The curtains had lace frills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frill/#x4)
- The dinosaur Triceratops had a big bony frill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frill/#x5)
- I just want a plain cake, no frills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frill/#x6)
- The lord took Jack in hands, dressed him from top to toe in broadcloth, and frills as white as snow, and turnpumps, and put a watch in his fob. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frill/#x7)

### note

Adjective: frilly. «No frills» = basic, nothing extra.

### In the corpora

- [The Australian frilled lizard opens a huge neck frill and hisses to look bigger, then runs away on its back legs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/88-reptile-house-komodo-chameleons-tortoises-crocodiles/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «frill» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frill/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.