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shelf collapse: a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects

traffic collapse: buying and selling; especially illicit trade; the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time; "heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines"; "traffic on the internet is lightest during the night"; the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time; trade or deal a commodity; "They trafficked with us for gold"; deal illegally; "traffic drugs"

funnel collapse: (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship); a conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth; a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends; move or pour through a funnel; "funnel the liquid into the small bottle"

convocation collapse: the act of convoking; a group gathered in response to a summons

bench collapse: a long seat for more than one person; (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom; the reserve players on a team; "our team has a strong bench"; the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively; exhibit on a bench; "bench the poodles at the dog show"; take out of a game; of players

huddle collapse: (informal) a quick private conference; a disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of frightened women"; crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!"; crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain"

warehouse collapse: a storehouse for goods and merchandise; store in a warehouse

confrontation collapse: a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison; the act of hostile groups opposing each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition"; a hostile disagreement face-to-face; discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions; a bold challenge

microfilm collapse: film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material; record on microfilm

levee collapse: an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing; a pier that provides a landing place on a river; a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)

town meeting collapse: government of a town by an assembly of the qualified voters; a meeting of the inhabitants of a town

sit in collapse: participate in an act of civil disobedience; attend as a visitor; "Can I sit in on your Intermediate Hittite class?"

crate collapse: a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping; the quantity contained in a crate; put into a crate; as for protection; "crate the paintings before shipping them to the museum"

number collapse: an item of merchandise offered for sale; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number"; a clothing measurement; "a number 13 shoe"; the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand"; the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural); "in English the subject and the verb must agree in number"; a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification; "she refused to give them her Social Security number"; a select company of people; "I hope to become one of their number before I die"; a concept of quantity derived from zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence"; place a limit on the number of; enumerate; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians"; give numbers to; "You should number the pages of the thesis"

reservoir collapse: tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil); lake used to store water for community use; anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies; "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival"; a large or extra supply of something; "a reservoir of talent"

repository collapse: a burial vault (usually for some famous person); a person to whom a secret is entrusted

arsenal collapse: a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms; all the weapons and equipment that a country has

bottleneck collapse: the narrow part of a bottle near the top; become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks"; slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system"

congress collapse: the legislature of the United States government; a meeting of elected or appointed representatives; a national legislative assembly

repertory collapse: a storehouse where a stock of things is kept; the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation; "the repertory of the supposed feats of mesmerism"; "has a large repertory of dialects and characters"

discussion collapse: an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"; an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"

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