Synonyms for seam
Definitions
- n. 1
A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
Related words
- Word family
- seamless seamster seamstress seamy
- Phrases
- felled seam coal seam flat-felled seam flat-fell seam
- Other spellings
- saim
Forms
- Plural
- seams → creases, lines, wrinkles, crinkles…
Example sentences
- crease Fold and unfold along each of the lines to make a crease.
- wrinkle With her foot she smoothed a wrinkle in the throw rug.
- crinkle I hate the sound that cellophane makes when you crinkle it.
- scar Tom rolled up his sleeve, exposing a hideous scar.
- suture The surgeon's suture technique minimizes scarring.
By length
- 3 letters
- bed1
- 4 letters
- line1, scar1, vein1
- 5 letters
- joint1, layer2
- 6 letters
- crease1, suture2, furrow2
- 7 letters
- wrinkle2, fissure2, stratum2, crevice2, crinkle
- 8 letters
- juncture2, cicatrix
- 10 letters
- commissure
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (layer2 = 2 syllables).