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say it: frinj
fringe is a noun and verb meaning "the outside boundary or surface of something". It carries 8 recorded senses.
the outside boundary or surface of something
a part of the city far removed from the center
“they built a factory on the outskirts of the city”
one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light
a social group holding marginal or extreme views
“members of the fringe believe we should be armed with guns at all times”
an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fringe come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.