Library / English Dictionary

DECKLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(paper making) a frame used to form paper pulp into sheets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("deckle" is a kind of...):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper

Synonyms:

deckle; deckle edge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("deckle" is a kind of...):

edge (a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb deckle

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