Complete Definition of "fringe"

English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-fringe.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj|-

  1. Outside the mainstream

Noun
en-noun

  1. A decorative border.
  2. A marginal or peripheral part.
  3. Those members of a political party etc. holding unorthodox views.
  4. The periphery of a town or city.
  5. UK That part of the hair that hangs down over the eyes (US bangs).
  6. physics A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
  7. (The Fringe) non-mainstream theatre.

Translations
;hair
Spanish: flequillo m, capul m italbrac|Colombia, cerquillo m italbrac|Bolivia|Cuba|Ecuador|Peru|Uruguay, chasquilla f italbrac|Chile, china f italbrac|Colombian Atlantic Coast, fleco m italbrac|Mexico|El Salvador, Guatemala|Honduras, pava f italbrac|Costa Rica| Nicaragua, perrera f italbrac|Northwestern Spain, pollina f italbrac|Dominican Republic|Puerto Rico|Venezuela

Verb
en-verb|fring|ing

  1. transitive To decorate with fringe.
  2. transitive To serve as a fringe.

Derived terms
lunatic fringe
fringe benefit

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