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Showing words for SELVAGE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Selvage

gleaves, selvage

6 Letter Words for Selvage

eagles, gavels, gleave, leaves, sleave, veales

5 Letter Words for Selvage

aglee, aleve, eagle, eales, easel, easle, eaves, elves, evase, gaels, galee, gales, gavel, geals, gease, glave, glees, laves, lease, leave, leges, salve, seave, selva, slave, vales, valse, veale, veals, vegas, veges, veles

4 Letter Words for Selvage

agee, ages, alee, ales, aves, eale, ease, eave, eels, egal, elev, else, elve, eval, eves, gael, gaes, gale, gals, galv, gave, geal, gees, gels, glee, lags, lase, lave, lavs, leas, lees, lege, legs, lese, leva, leve, sage, sale, save, seal, seel, sele, seve, slag, slav, slee, vaes, vage, vale, vase, veal, vees, vega, vela, vele, vese

3 Letter Words for Selvage

aes, age, ags, ale, alg, als, ase, asg, asl, ave, avg, eas, eeg, eel, ela, els, ese, eve, evg, gal, gas, gee, gel, lag, las, lav, lea, lee, leg, les, lev, sag, sal, sav, sea, see, seg, sel, sla, sle, vae, vag, val, vas, vee, veg, vel

Definitions for Selvage

[1] the edge of woven fabric finished so as to prevent raveling, often in a narrow tape effect, different from the body of the fabric.
[2] any similar strip or part of surplus material, as at the side of wallpaper.
[3] Also called margin. Philately . the surplus paper or margin around a sheet of stamps: The number of the plate block appears in the selvage.
[4] a plate or surface through which a bolt of a lock passes.
[5] the finished nonfraying edge of a length of woven fabric
[6] a similar strip of material allowed in fabricating a metal or plastic article, used esp for handling components during manufacture

Words related to Selvage

edge, limit, surplus, threshold, brink, fringe, boundary, line, outskirt, skirt, verge, extra, frame, bound, rim, leeway, brim, space, hem, field

Words nearby Selvage

sellout, selma, selsyn, seltzer, selva, selvage, selves, selye, selznick, sem, sem.

Origin of Selvage

1425–75; late Middle English, respelling of self + edge, modeled on Middle Dutch selfegghe (Dutch zelfegge )

Words that may be confused with Selvage

salvage, selvage

Other words from Selvage

sel·vaged , adjective

Word origin for Selvage

C15: from self + edge ; related to Dutch selfegghe, German Selbende

Synonyms for Selvage

edge, limit, surplus, allowance, bound, boundary, brim, brink, compass, extra, field, frame, hem, latitude, leeway, lip, perimeter, periphery, play, rim, scope, shore, side, skirt, space, trimming, verge, confine, elbowroom