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feather edge

feather edge noun: an edge of a board, plank, etc. that has been made very thin.

Noun

feather edge (plural feather edges)

  1. An edge of a board, plank, etc. that has been made very thin.

Verb

feather edge (third-person singular simple present feather edges, present participle feather edging, simple past and past participle feather edged)

  1. (transitive) To give a very thin edge to.
    • Featheredging is a process in preparing the photographs for mosaicking and involves cutting, tearing, and sandpapering the back of the print along its edges in such a way that the edge of the print is thin and will make a smooth match with adjoining prints.1944, War Department Technical Manual, volume 5, number 240, page 60

feather edge meaning in Tamil and Kannada

feather edge in Tamil

மென்பட்டவிளிம்பு

feather edge in Kannada

ಚೂಪೇಣು

Forms of feather edge

Noun
pluralfeather edges
Verb
third-person singular presentfeather edges
present participlefeather edging
past participlefeather edged
pastfeather edged
alternative formfeatheredge

Questions about feather edge

What does feather edge mean?
Feather edge means an edge of a board, plank, etc. that has been made very thin.
What is feather edge in Tamil?
Feather edge in Tamil is மென்பட்டவிளிம்பு. See Feather edge meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is feather edge?
Feather edge can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of feather edge?
The plural of feather edge is feather edges.

Words near feather edge in the dictionary

  1. feather Christmas trees
  2. feather duster
  3. feather duster worm
  4. feather duster worms
  5. feather dusters
  6. feather edge
  7. feather edged
  8. feather edger
  9. feather edgers
  10. feather edges
  11. feather edging

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Adapted from Wiktionary: feather edge (page history and authors); feather edge (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); feather edge (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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