Word Meaning

seam definition and meaning

n. Grease; tallow; lard.
n. The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.
n. Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc.
n. A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.
n. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
v. t. To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.
v. t. To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.
v. t. To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.
v. i. To become ridgy; to crack open.
n. A denomination of weight or measure.
n. The quantity of eight bushels of grain.
n. The quantity of 120 pounds of glass.

Crossword clues for seam

- Coal stratum
- Coal vein
- Join in Chelsea Markets
- Material joint
- sewer's output
- Sewing line
- Sewn join
- Stratum of ore
- Turned-up edge on cloth
- Vein of ore
- Wrinkle