"seam allowance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsiːm əˌlaʊ.ənts/ [UK, US] Audio: en-au-seam allowance.ogg [Australia] Forms: seam allowances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} seam allowance (plural seam allowances)
  1. (sewing) The part of the material or fabric added to the dimensions of a sewing pattern outside the seam. Categories (topical): Sewing Related terms: seam roll Translations (part of the material or fabric added to the dimensions of a pattern outside the seam): saumanvara (Finnish), valeurs de couture (French), припуск (pripusk) [masculine] (Russian), припуск на шов (pripusk na šov) (Russian), sömsmån [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-seam_allowance-en-noun-9n31HOxl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: business, manufacturing, sewing, textiles

Inflected forms

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