Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 9 compound words that contain seams. The most common are listed below. Open seams in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- burst at the seamsTo be too full; to hold more than can be comfortably accommodated.
- coal seamsplural of coal seam: A stratum of coal between strata of other rocks.
- princess seamsplural of princess seam: A garment's seam running from shoulder or armscye to the hem at the side-back or side-front, shaping the garment to the body's curves and eliminating the need for darting.
- bursting at the seamspresent participle and gerund of burst at the seams
- Bermuda seamsplural of Bermuda seam: a metal panel profile featuring a step-down profile that runs perpendicular to the slope of the roof.
- devil seamsplural of devil seam: A particularly difficult seam to caulk on a ship's hull, specifically the curved seam where the deck planking meets the side of the ship, near the scupper gutters.
- field seamsplural of field seam: A splice or seam made in the field (not factory) where overlapping sheets are joined together using an adhesive, splicing tape, or heat or solvent welding.
- French seamsplural of French seam: A seam that is sewn by first stitching with wrong sides together, then stitching with right sides together so that the unfinished edges are contained within the seam.
- standing seamsplural of standing seam: A type of seam between adjacent sheets of metal roofing material made by turning up the edges of two adjacent panels and then folding or interlocking them in a variety of ways.
- double lock standing seamsplural of double lock standing seam: A standing seam that uses a double overlapping interlock between two metal panels.
- bursts at the seamsthird-person singular simple present indicative of burst at the seams: To be too full; to hold more than can be comfortably accommodated.
- came apart at the seamssimple past of come apart at the seams
- come apart at the seamsSynonym of fall apart: To disintegrate, to break into pieces.
- comes apart at the seamsthird-person singular simple present indicative of come apart at the seams: To disintegrate, to break into pieces.
- coming apart at the seamspresent participle and gerund of come apart at the seams
Compound words 9
- seamstressA woman who sews clothes professionally.
- seamstressesplural of seamstress: A woman who sews clothes professionally.
- broadseamsplural of broadseam: A seam in a sail in which the edges of neighbouring panels are cut in a curve, such that the resulting sail is concave instead of flat.
- interseamsplural of interseam: Between seams.
- outseamsplural of outseam: The seam of a trouser up the outside of the leg.
- overseamsplural of overseam: A seam in which the thread is at each stitch passed over the edges sewn together.
- seamsetsplural of seamset: A set for flattening the seams of metal sheets, leather work, etc.
- seamstersplural of seamster: A person who sews clothes professionally.
- sideseamsplural of sideseam: A seam running along the side (of a garment, a cigarette, etc.).