wide ruffle (noun)

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• dust ruffle — noun 1. : a ruffle on the lower edge of a woman s skirt; especially : one on the inside to keep the skirt clean 2. : a decorative ruffle attached to the rails or springs of a bed and reaching the floor; also : a wide ruffle on the edge of a… …   Useful english dictionary

• flounce — I. intransitive verb (flounced; flouncing) Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian flunsa to hurry Date: 1542 1. a. to move with exaggerated jerky or bouncy motions < flounced about the room, jerking her shoulders,… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• flounce — {{11}}flounce (n.) wide ruffle, 1713, from M.E. frounce pleat, wrinkle, fold (late 14c.), from O.Fr. fronce line, wrinkle; pucker, crease, fold, from Frankish *hrunkjan to wrinkle, from P.Gmc. *hrunk . Influenced in form by flounce (v.).… …   Etymology dictionary

• sunbonnet — noun Date: 1824 a woman s bonnet with a wide brim framing the face and usually having a ruffle at the back to protect the neck from the sun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• frill — noun 1) a full skirt with a wide frill Syn: ruffle, flounce, ruff, furbelow, jabot, peplum, ruche, ruching, fringe; archaic purfle 2) a comfortable apartment with no frills Syn: ostentation, ornamentation …   Thesaurus of popular words

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• Greece — /grees/, n. 1. Ancient Greek, Hellas. Modern Greek, Ellas. a republic in S Europe at the S end of the Balkan Peninsula. 10,583,126; 50,147 sq. mi. (129,880 sq. km). Cap.: Athens. 2. a city in W New York. 16,177. * * * Greece Introduction Greece… …   Universalium

• flute — /flut / (say flooht) noun 1. a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of finger holes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern orchestral transverse flute, or through a… …