Meaning & use
frill
A decorative strip of gathered fabric used as trim, or, more broadly, an unnecessary extra feature or luxury.
See it in a sentence
The dress had delicate lace frills along the sleeves and hem.
The budget airline offers cheap fares with no frills, not even free snacks.
A note on using this word
The figurative sense is almost always used in the plural, as in no frills or without any frills, to mean without extra luxuries.
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