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Another word for seam

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Noun

  1. A point or position at which two or more things are joined

      1. A physical link, such as by wire or fiber-optic cable, between two or more points in a telecommunications system:
      2. A telephone or telegraph line between points
      3. A joining or being joined; coupling; union
      1. (Chemistry) Facilitation or acceleration of one chemical process due to the presence or action of another.
      2. A flexible or rigid mechanical device or part for joining parts together, as two shafts
      3. The act of linking together or forming couples.
      1. (Bot.) A point where a branch or leaf grows out of the stem
      2. One of the parts or sections of a jointed whole
      3. A point in the exoskeleton of an invertebrate at which movable parts join, as along the leg of an arthropod.
      1. A place where two things join or meet, especially a place where two roads or railway routes come together and one terminates.
      2. The act or process of joining or the condition of being joined.
      3. A connection between conductors or sections of a transmission line.
      1. A point or line of joining or connection; joint, as of two bones, or seam
      2. (Linguis.) The transition from one speech sound to the next, either within a word, as between (t) and (r) in nitrate (close juncture), or marking the boundaries between words, as between (t) and (r) in night rate (open juncture)
      3. The act of joining or the condition of being joined.
      1. A device for joining together parts, as of a machine; esp., a coupling for linking the ends of pipes
      2. In England, a former combination of parishes for the joint administration of relief for the poor; also, a workhouse kept up by such a union
      3. A labor union.
    See also:

    connect

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Another word for seam

Noun
      1. A point in the exoskeleton of an invertebrate at which movable parts join, as along the leg of an arthropod.
      2. A place or part where two things or parts are joined
      3. One of the parts or sections of a jointed whole
      1. In England, a former combination of parishes for the joint administration of relief for the poor; also, a workhouse kept up by such a union
      2. An organization at a college or university that provides facilities for recreation; a student union.
      3. A labor union.
      1. Stitches, collectively.
      2. (Sewing) A row or series of stitches
      1. (Math.) The property of a set in which an operation on pairs of its elements always produces an element of the set
      2. A feeling of finality or resolution, especially after a traumatic experience:
      3. The feeling that one's prolonged state of emotional distress over some traumatic experience or situation has finally ended
      1. (Surgery) The act or method of joining together the two edges of a wound or incision by stitching or similar means
      2. (Anat.) The joining together, or the irregular line of junction, of certain vertebrate bones, esp. of the skull
      3. The act of joining together by or as by sewing
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Sentence Examples

  • His tiny fist clutched the outer seam of her jeans.

  • The use of this machine has allowed a thin seam of cannel, from 10 to 14 in.

  • There's a seam here.

  • Megan stepped forward and the heel of her sandal sank into a seam in the walkway.

  • In the oldest form of this class of working, where the size of the pillar is equal to the width of the stall or excavation, about 4 of the whole seam will be removed, the remainder being left in the pillars.

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