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Noun: frill  fril
  1. (palaeontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs
     
  2. An external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
    - ruff
     
  3. A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
    - flounce, ruffle, furbelow
     
  4. Ornamental objects of no great value
    - falderal, falderol, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery [archaic], folderol [archaic]

Derived forms: frills

Type of: adornment, decoration, external body part, ornament, ornamentation, plate

Encyclopedia: Frill, John