selvages

Meaning of selvages

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 selvages

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

sel-vages

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • selvages is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with selvages

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