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fig collapse: fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried; Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit

preservation collapse: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger; a process that saves organic substances from decay; the condition of being (well or ill) preserved

drawer collapse: a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out; the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else

sludge collapse: the precipitate produced by sewage treatment; any thick messy substance

attic collapse: (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof; informal terms for a human head; the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens; of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times; "Attic Greek"

stratum collapse: one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)

tier collapse: one of two or more layers one atop another; "tier upon tier of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake"; something that is used for tying; "the sail is fastened to the yard with tiers"; a worker who ties something; any one of two or more competitors who tie one another

guardianship collapse: the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his car in my keeping"

cupboard collapse: a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space

section collapse: one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road"; a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section"; a segment of a citrus fruit; "he ate a section of the orange"; a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon; a small army unit usually having a special function; a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class; (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid; a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; "no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section"; a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope; "sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue"; a land unit of 1 square mile measuring 1 mile on a side

shoal collapse: a stretch of shallow water; a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide

magazine collapse: a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored; product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object; "tripped over a pile of magazines"; a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required; a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it; "it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money"; a business firm that publishes magazines; "he works for a magazine"

shallow collapse: lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center; "shallow water"; "a shallow dish"; "a shallow cut"; "a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"; "hit the ball to shallow left field"; not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance"; lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"; become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time"; make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal"

hutch collapse: a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals

depository collapse: a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

storehouse collapse: a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"

deserted collapse: remote from civilization; "the victim was lured to a deserted spot"

conservatory collapse: a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner; a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts; the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts

thickness collapse: resistance to flow; the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; used of a line or mark; indistinct articulation; "judging from the thickness of his speech he had been drinking heavily"

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