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monk's seam

monk's seam noun: a strong seam formed by laying the selvage-edges of two pieces of canvas over each other and stitching on each side and down the middle.

Noun

monk's seam (plural monk's seams)

  1. A strong seam formed by laying the selvage-edges of two pieces of canvas over each other and stitching on each side and down the middle.

Forms of monk's seam

pluralmonk's seams

Questions about monk's seam

What does monk's seam mean?
Monk's seam means a strong seam formed by laying the selvage-edges of two pieces of canvas over each other and stitching on each side and down the middle.
What part of speech is monk's seam?
Monk's seam is a noun.
What is the plural of monk's seam?
The plural of monk's seam is monk's seams.

Words near monk's seam in the dictionary

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  2. monk's hood
  3. monk's hoods
  4. monk's pepper
  5. monk's rhubarb
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  8. monkaS
  9. Monkayo
  10. monkcraft
  11. monkdom

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