fringe
Because it is a word with a single syllable, fringe is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions offringe
- Hair hanging over the forehead.
- A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.
- Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.
- A decorative border.
Example: "the fringe of a picture"
- A marginal or peripheral part.
- Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views.
- The periphery of a town or city.
Example: "He lives in the fringe of London."
- A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
Example: "interference fringe"
- Non-mainstream theatre.
Example: "The Fringe; Edinburgh Fringe; Adelaide Fringe"
- The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
- The area around the green
- Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc.
- A daypart that precedes or follows prime time.
- To decorate with fringe.
- To serve as a fringe.
- Outside the mainstream.
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