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spoke collapse: support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

chock collapse: a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object; as completely as possible; "it was chock-a-block full"; support on chocks; "chock the boat"; secure with chocks

damper collapse: a depressing restraint; "rain put a damper on our picnic plans"; a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations; a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace

brake collapse: a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle; an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant; any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants; cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve"; stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"

clog collapse: any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction; footwear usually with wooden soles; fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"; coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots"; impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"; impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; "horses were clogged until they were tamed"; become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"; dance a clog dance

stock exchange collapse: an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers

over-the-counter market collapse: a stock exchange where securities transactions are made via telephone and computer rather than on the floor of an exchange

trammel collapse: a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble; an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace

Wall Street collapse: used to allude to the securities industry of the United States; a street in lower Manhattan where the New York Stock Exchange is located; symbol of American finance

bellyband collapse: a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon; a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed)

ounce collapse: a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams; a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound

headgear collapse: stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head; the hoist at the pithead of a mine

crupper collapse: a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward

imperfectly collapse: in an imperfect or faulty way; "The lobe was imperfectly developed"; "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen

minimally collapse: to a minimal degree; "the cells minimally responsive to lines in this orientation will not fire"

shackle collapse: a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner); a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar

caparison collapse: stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse; put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion"

hold down collapse: restrain; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep"; keep; "She manages to hold down two jobs"

ticker tape collapse: a continuous thin ribbon of paper on which stock quotes are written

barely collapse: by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats

curb collapse: an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter); a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse; keep to the curb; "curb your dogs"

insignificantly collapse: not to a significant degree or amount; "Our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts"; in an insignificant manner; "some people living insignificantly among us"

slightly collapse: to a small degree or extent; "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other"

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