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— English words —

• selvage n. (Weaving) The edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top…
• selvage n. Any edge of fabric finished so as to prevent raveling.
• selvage n. (Printing) The excess area of any printed or perforated sheet, such as the border on a sheet of postage…
• selvage n. (Geology) A distinct border of a mass of igneous rock. It is usually fine-grained or glassy due to rapid cooling.
• selvage n. (Geology) Clay-like material found along and around a geological fault.
• selvage n. The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes.
• selvage n. (Mining) That part of a lode adjacent to the walls on either side.
• selvage v. To give a selvage to (fabric).
• Selvage prop.n. A surname.

— In French —

• selvage n.m. Habitant de la forêt.

74 English words from 9 English definitions

adjacent along and any area around as␣to bolt border border␣on Clay cooling distinct due due␣to edge either excess fabric fault fine fine-grained finished found geological Geology give glassy grained igneous igneous␣rock like lock lode mass material Mining of␣a part passes perforated plate postage prevent printed Printing rapid raveling rock run run␣around selvage sheet side side␣to␣side so␣as so␣as␣to such such␣as surname That the threads through top to␣the usually walls warp Weaving weft where which woven

1 English word from the foreign definition

Habitant

2 foreign words from the foreign definition

de␣la forêt

5 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

selvaged selvagee selvages Selvages selvagees

10 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

age AGE agé %age -age ELV SEL selva Selva vag

10 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

AVL Ega EGA Gav les Les LES -les- VLE VLEs

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

Gleaves

9 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

evangels gavelets have␣legs salvagee selvaged selvagee selvages Selvages vegetals

12 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

eagles Eagles gavels glaves Gleave leaves Lesage salvee Seagle sleave veales Veales

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

salvage Salvage servage

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

selvagee

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