fringe /frinj/

1. A border of loose threads
2. Hair falling over the brow
3. A border
4. Anything bordering on or additional to an activity

1. To adorn with a fringe
2. To border

1. Bordering, or just outside, the recognized or orthodox form, group, etc as in fringe medicine, fringe theatre
2. Unofficial or not part of the main event, as in fringe meeting
3. Less important or popular, as in fringe sports

fringed adjective

fringeˈless adjective

fringˈy adjective

Decorated with fringes

fringe benefit noun

Something in addition to wages or salary that forms part of the regular remuneration from one's employment

fringeˈ-dweller noun (Aust)

A person, esp an Aborigine, who lives, usu in poverty and squalor, on the edge of a town or community

fringe effect noun (image technol) see border effect under border

fringe medicine noun

Unorthodox and not generally accepted medical techniques

fringe tree noun

A large American shrub (Chionanthus virginica) of the family Oleaceae, whose very numerous snow-white flowers have long narrow corolla-segments

lunatic fringe

Any (usu small) group of fanatics or extremists within a political party, pressure group, etc

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