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noun in fabric VERB + SEAM sew, stitch, tack She sewed the seam with small neat stitches. | unpick It took hours to unpick the seams. | iron, press PHRASES be bursting at the seams (often figurative) The film is bursting at the seams with good performances. | come/fall apart at the seams (often figurative) Their marriage was coming apart at the seams. of coal, etc. ADJ. coal | rich They're still mining a rich seam of high-grade coal. VERB + SEAM mine
Oxford Collocations Dictionary