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leftover collapse: a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists; not used up; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"

stalemate collapse: drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check; subject to a stalemate

ground floor collapse: the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building; becoming part of a venture at the beginning (regarded as position of advantage); "he got in on the ground floor"

beginning collapse: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"; the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story"; the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war"; the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"; the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"

prenatal collapse: occurring or existing before birth; "the prenatal period"; "antenatal care"

nascent collapse: being born or beginning; "the nascent chicks";"a nascent insurgency"

basal collapse: of primary importance; serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"

threshold collapse: the smallest detectable sensation; the starting point for a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood"

largely collapse: in large part; mainly or chiefly; "These accounts are largely inactive"; on a large scale; "the sketch was so largely drawn that you could see it from the back row"

interpretation collapse: an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious; "the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables"; "often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning"; a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something; an explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence"

encore collapse: an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand; request an encore, from a performer

stubble collapse: short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days

ghetto collapse: a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions; formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live; "the Warsaw ghetto"; any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping; "the relative security of the gay ghetto"; "no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool"

tenement district collapse: a residential district occupied primarily with tenement houses

barrio collapse: an urban area in a Spanish-speaking country; a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States)

annihilation collapse: destruction by annihilating something; total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"

skid row collapse: a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts

face to face collapse: involving close contact; confronting each other; "the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner"; "they spoke face to face"

culmination collapse: (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon

target collapse: sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at; a reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark"; the location of the target that is to be hit; intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"

denouement collapse: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work; the outcome of a complex sequence of events

natal collapse: a port city in northeastern Brazil; a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; "Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994"; relating to or accompanying birth; "natal injuries"; "natal day"; "natal influences"; of or relating to the buttocks

survival collapse: something that survives; a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment; a state of surviving; remaining alive

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