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