seam

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

seam [seam seams seamed seaming] BrE [siːm] NAmE [siːm] noun
1. a line along which two edges of cloth, etc. are joined or sewn together
•a shoulder seam
2. a thin layer of coal or other material, between layers of rock under the ground
•They struck a rich seam of iron ore.
• (figurative)The book is a rich seam of information.
3. a line where two edges meet, for example the edges of wooden boards
•Light was spilling in through the seams of the door.
more at fray at/around the edges/seams at ↑fray _v.
Idioms: ↑bulging at the seams ▪ ↑coming apart at the seams

Word Origin:
Old English sēam, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zoom and German Saum.

Example Bank:
•She sewed the seam with small neat stitches.
•The festival exploits a rich seam of talent in the local area.
•The film is bursting at the seams with good performances.
•Their marriage was coming apart at the seams.
•They're still mining a rich seam of high-grade coal.
•This city is bursting at the seams with would-be actors.
•Finish the edges before sewing the shoulder seam.
•I only had the shoes for a month before they started to fall apart at the seams.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bed, wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, line