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scab collapse: the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion; someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike; form a scab; "the wounds will eventually scab"

drought collapse: a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"; a prolonged shortage; "when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought"

take the cake collapse: rank first; used often in a negative context; "He takes the cake for chutzpah!"

grid collapse: a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat; an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube; a network of horizontal and vertical lines that provide coordinates for locating points on an image

blintz collapse: (Judaism) thin pancake folded around a filling and fried or baked

iridescent collapse: having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"

oyster collapse: marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters; a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl; gather oysters, dig oysters

silverware collapse: tableware made of silver or silver plate or pewter or stainless steel

tableware collapse: articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware)

flatware collapse: silverware eating utensils; tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece

niche collapse: (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species); a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it; "he found his niche in the academic world"

hungry collapse: feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people"

shell game collapse: a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under

hull collapse: the frame or body of ship; a large fishing port in northeastern England; United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955); United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843); persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry; dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut; remove the hulls from; "hull the berries"

zero collapse: the quantity that registers a reading of zero on a scale; a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number; indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; "a zero score"; indicating an initial point or origin; of or relating to the null set (a set with no members); adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun); "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards"; adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value

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