selvage

Meaning of selvage

noun
  1. The edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge.
  2. Any edge of fabric finished so as to prevent raveling.
  3. The excess area of any printed or perforated sheet, such as the border on a sheet of postage stamps or the wide margins of an engraving.
  4. A distinct border of a mass of igneous rock. It is usually fine-grained or glassy due to rapid cooling.
  5. Clay-like material found along and around a geological fault.
  6. The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes.
  7. That part of a lode adjacent to the walls on either side.

Information about selvage

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of selvage is: selvages.
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Hyphenation of selvage

sel-vage

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • selvage is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

selvage synonyms

Meaning selvedge:

selvedge

Anagrams of selvage

gleaves

Words that rhyme with selvage

vage, Avage, Savage, antisavage, autolavage, cleavage, demisavage, dissavage, esclavage, galravage, gastrogavage, gastrolavage, gastrostogavage, gastrostolavage, gavage, gillravage, gilravage, gulravage, havage, lavage, pavage, presavage, ravage, savage, scavage, semisavage, stravage, unsavage, chevage, arrivage, chivage, drivage, estivage, rivage, resalvage, salvage, sylvage, Colovage, Lovage, lovage, carvage, servage, cuvage

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