Dictionary Entry
selvedge
selvedge is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling.
- 2noun
The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes.
- 3noun
A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a vein. See Gouge., 4.
- 4noun
the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray
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- 5noun
border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet
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