gala — meaning in English

English meaning

• frill noun A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
• gala noun A large, festive public celebration or event.
• ruffle noun A gathered, frilled strip of fabric used as decoration on clothing.

Senses

gala is used for these senses in English:

• flounce (sewing) A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.
• frill A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
• gala Celebratory; festive.
• ruffle (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.

frill — full definition

1. noun A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
2. noun A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric.
3. noun A wrinkled edge to a film.
4. noun Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury.

gala — full definition

1. noun A large, festive public celebration or event.
2. adj Festive or celebratory.
3. noun A crisp, red-skinned variety of eating apple.

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