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purse-string

purse-string adjective: of a purse-string suture. Also the alternative form of pursestring.

Adjective

purse-string (not comparable)

  1. Of a purse-string suture.
  2. Of a technique where fabric or leather is pulled tight along a seam to create a bunched, closed opening.

Also used as

purse-string is also the alternative form of pursestring.

Forms of purse-string

pluralpurse-strings

Phrases with purse-string

Questions about purse-string

What does purse-string mean?
Purse-string means of a purse-string suture.
What part of speech is purse-string?
Purse-string is an adjective.

Words near purse-string in the dictionary

  1. purse-proud
  2. purse-seine
  3. purse-seined
  4. purse-seines
  5. purse-seining
  6. purse-string
  7. purse-string suture
  8. pursed
  9. purseful
  10. pursefuls
  11. Pursel

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