seamnoun [ C ]
uk/siːm/us/siːm/seam noun [ C ] (JOIN)
a line where two things join, especially a line of sewing joining two pieces of cloth or leather:
The bags we sell have very strong seams, so they will last for years.
My old coat is coming/falling apart at the seams (= the stitches are coming out).
figurative Their marriage is coming/falling apart at the seams (= likely to fail).
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Knitting & sewing
- appliqué
- backing
- baste
- bind
- bobbin
- bodkin
- cable stitch
- handknitted
- hem
- knit
- knitter
- knitting
- needle
- seamstress
- sew sth up
- sewing
- sewing machine
- shorten
- spinner
- tack
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Parts of clothes
seam noun [ C ] (LAYER)
a long, thin layer of a substance such as coal that has formed between layers of other rocks
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Geology: mineralogy
- concentrate
- crude
- crystal
- crystalline
- deposit
- fool's gold
- gold dust
- golden
- graphite
- like gold dust idiom
- magnesium
- mica
- mineral
- mineralogist
- mineralogy
- nugget
- pyrite
- silicate
- silicon
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Coverings and layers
Idiom(s)
be a rich seam to mine
bursting at the seams