🇬🇧 Frill meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A frill is something extra that is added just for decoration or fun, not because you truly need it. It can be a wavy, ruffly piece of cloth on clothes, or any fancy extra detail on objects, plans, or activities. If you can still use or enjoy something perfectly well without that extra fancy part, then that extra part is a frill.

The robot I built just needed wheels, but I added the frill of a cardboard cape so it could feel heroic while crashing into walls.

Our class pet is just a goldfish, but we gave it the frill of a plastic castle with a drawbridge and a tiny disco ball.

I wanted a simple haircut, but the stylist added the frill of a lightning bolt shaved into the back of my head.

Our class rules are simple, but the teacher added the frill that we must say ‘ta-da’ when we hand in homework.

Peacocks have real frills—their huge fancy tails are mostly for showing off, not for anything useful, like a giant feathery ‘Look at me!’ sign.

She added a frill to the plain dress, then another frill along the sleeve. Each frill made the girl smile, but the baby tugged and pulled the new frill until it fell. The mother took off the last frill, laughed, and hugged the child. They kept one small frill as a silly memory.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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