how to pronounce seam /ˈsiːm/
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seam is pronounced in one syllable
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An example use of seam in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… so we covered the four seam grip here's …”
meanings of seam noun: A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral. A suture. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix. Grease; tallow; lard. A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials. An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds. A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric. An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels. A line of junction; a joint. The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam. verb: To put together with a seam. To mark with a seam or line; to scar. Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus. To crack open along a seam. Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam. To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting. words with pronunciation similar to seam words that rhyme with seam Did this page help you?