selvedge

Questions about selvedge

What is another word for selvedge?

It depends which selvedge you mean. In the sense “border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet”, the synonyms are selvage. Across all 2 senses there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of selvedge?

WordNet records no antonym for selvedge. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Why are the synonyms for selvedge split into groups?

Because selvedge carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for selvedge come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of selvedge

• Full entry for selvedgeAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for selvedgeWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.