fringe :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

outskirt

n. a part of the city far removed from the center; "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"

periphery, outer boundary

n. the outside boundary or surface of something

fringe

v. decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe; "fur fringed the hem of the dress"

fringe

v. adorn with a fringe; "The weaver fringed the scarf"

edge, marginal, fringy

adj. at or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of beach"

confines

n. a bounded scope; "he stayed within the confines of the city"

circumference, perimeter

n. the size of something as given by the distance around it

edging

n. border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug)

tassel

n. adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end

circuit, loop

n. anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)

perimeter

n. a line enclosing a plane areas

circumferential, encircling, skirting

adj. being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting"

off-base

adj. located outside a military base; "off-base housing"

center, centre, eye, heart, middle

n. an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"

heart, nerve, mettle, spunk

n. the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"

central

adj. in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; "a central position"; "central heating and air conditioning"

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