Related Words:
- rib
collapse - support resembling the rib of an animal
- a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural
- a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant
- any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
- a teasing remark
- cut of meat including one or more ribs
- form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater" related words >
- Chateaubriand,
- banter,
- better half,
- bilge,
- blade roast,
- blain,
- bleb,
- blister,
- blob,
- boss,
- bow,
- breast,
- brisket,
- bubble,
- bulb,
- bulge,
- bulla,
- bump,
- bunch,
- burl,
- button,
- cahot,
- chaff,
- chine,
- chuck,
- chuck roast,
- clod,
- clump,
- cold cuts,
- common-law wife,
- concubine,
- condyle,
- convex,
- dowel,
- ear,
- feme,
- feme covert,
- filet mignon,
- flange,
- flank,
- flap,
- fool,
- fun,
- gall,
- gnarl,
- goodwife,
- goody,
- handle,
- haze,
- helpmate,
- helpmeet,
- hill,
- hump,
- hunch,
- jape,
- jest,
- jive,
- jog,
- joggle,
- joke,
- jolly,
- josh,
- kid,
- knob,
- knot,
- knuckle,
- knur,
- knurl,
- lady,
- lip,
- loin,
- loop,
- lump,
- married woman,
- matron,
- mole,
- mountain,
- needle,
- nevus,
- nub,
- nubbin,
- nubble,
- old lady,
- old woman,
- papilloma,
- peg,
- plate,
- plate piece,
- pot roast,
- put on,
- rack,
- rag,
- rally,
- razz,
- rib roast,
- ribs,
- ride,
- ridge,
- ring,
- roast,
- rolled roast,
- round,
- rump,
- rump roast,
- saddle,
- shank,
- short ribs,
- shoulder,
- shoulder clod,
- sirloin,
- spine,
- squaw,
- stud,
- style,
- tab,
- tease,
- tenderloin,
- tubercle,
- tubercule,
- twit,
- verruca,
- vesicle,
- wale,
- wart,
- wedded wife,
- welt,
- wife,
- woman
- weld
collapse
- a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together
- United States abolitionist (1803-1895)
- unite closely or intimately; "Her gratitude welded her to him"
- join together by heating; "weld metal" related words >
- accouple,
- accumulate,
- agglutinate,
- amass,
- ankle,
- articulate,
- articulation,
- assemble,
- associate,
- band,
- bind,
- blaze,
- blister,
- bond,
- boundary,
- bracket,
- brand,
- braze,
- bridge,
- bridge over,
- burn,
- burn in,
- burn off,
- butt,
- carve,
- cast,
- cauterize,
- cement,
- cervix,
- chain,
- char,
- chase,
- chisel,
- clap together,
- clinch,
- closure,
- coal,
- collect,
- combine,
- comprise,
- concatenate,
- conglobulate,
- conjoin,
- conjugate,
- connect,
- connecting link,
- connecting rod,
- connection,
- copulate,
- couple,
- coupling,
- cover,
- crack,
- cupel,
- cut,
- dovetail,
- elbow,
- embrace,
- encompass,
- engrave,
- flame,
- found,
- fuse,
- gather,
- gliding joint,
- glue,
- grave,
- gum,
- hinge,
- hinged joint,
- hip,
- include,
- insculpture,
- interface,
- join,
- joining,
- joint,
- juncture,
- knee,
- knot,
- knuckle,
- lay together,
- league,
- link,
- lump together,
- marry,
- marshal,
- mass,
- merge,
- miter,
- mobilize,
- model,
- mold,
- mortise,
- neck,
- oxidate,
- oxidize,
- pair,
- parch,
- paste,
- piece together,
- pivot,
- pivot joint,
- put together,
- pyrolyze,
- rabbet,
- roll into one,
- scarf,
- scorch,
- sculp,
- sculpt,
- sculpture,
- seam,
- sear,
- shoulder,
- singe,
- solder,
- span,
- splice,
- stick together,
- stitch,
- suture,
- swinge,
- symphysis,
- take in,
- tape,
- tie,
- tie rod,
- toggle,
- toggle joint,
- torrefy,
- unify,
- union,
- unite,
- vesicate,
- vulcanize,
- wrist,
- yoke
- backstop
collapse
- a precaution in case of an emergency; "he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong"
- (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
- act as a backstop related words >
- advocate,
- aegis,
- arch dam,
- arm guard,
- back,
- bamboo curtain,
- bank,
- bar,
- barrage,
- barrier,
- bear-trap dam,
- beaver dam,
- boom,
- breakwater,
- breastwork,
- brick wall,
- buffer,
- bulkhead,
- bulwark,
- bumper,
- champion,
- cofferdam,
- contraceptive,
- copyright,
- crash helmet,
- cushion,
- dam,
- dashboard,
- defense,
- dike,
- ditch,
- dodger,
- earthwork,
- embankment,
- face mask,
- fence,
- fender,
- finger guard,
- foot guard,
- fuse,
- gate,
- goggles,
- governor,
- gravity dam,
- groin,
- guard,
- guardrail,
- hand guard,
- handrail,
- hard hat,
- helmet,
- hydraulic-fill dam,
- insulation,
- interlock,
- iron curtain,
- jam,
- jetty,
- knee guard,
- knuckle guard,
- laminated glass,
- leaping weir,
- levee,
- life preserver,
- lifeline,
- lightning conductor,
- lightning rod,
- logjam,
- mask,
- milldam,
- moat,
- mole,
- mound,
- mudguard,
- nose guard,
- pad,
- padding,
- palladium,
- parapet,
- patent,
- pilot,
- portcullis,
- preventive,
- prophylactic,
- protective clothing,
- protective umbrella,
- rampart,
- roadblock,
- rock-fill dam,
- safeguard,
- safety,
- safety glass,
- safety plug,
- safety rail,
- safety shoes,
- safety switch,
- safety valve,
- screen,
- seat belt,
- seawall,
- shield,
- shin guard,
- shutter dam,
- side with,
- stone wall,
- sun helmet,
- umbrella,
- uphold,
- wall,
- weir,
- wicket dam,
- windscreen,
- windshield,
- work
- IUD,
- aegis,
- antacid,
- antidote,
- antiseptic,
- arm guard,
- aseptic,
- backstop,
- bag,
- birth control device,
- boiled,
- buffer,
- bulwark,
- bumper,
- condom,
- contraceptive,
- contraceptive foam,
- copyright,
- counteractant,
- counteractive,
- counteragent,
- counterirritant,
- covering,
- crash helmet,
- cushion,
- custodial,
- dashboard,
- decontaminated,
- defensive,
- deterrent,
- deterring,
- diaphragm,
- discouraging,
- disinfected,
- dodger,
- face mask,
- fender,
- finger guard,
- foot guard,
- forbidding,
- forestalling,
- fostering,
- fuse,
- goggles,
- governor,
- guard,
- guardian,
- guarding,
- guardrail,
- hand guard,
- handrail,
- hard hat,
- helmet,
- hygienic,
- immunizing,
- insulation,
- interlock,
- intrauterine device,
- knee guard,
- knuckle guard,
- laminated glass,
- life preserver,
- lifeline,
- lightning conductor,
- lightning rod,
- mask,
- mudguard,
- neutralizer,
- nose guard,
- nullifier,
- offset,
- oral contraceptive,
- pad,
- padding,
- palladium,
- parental,
- pasteurized,
- patent,
- pessary,
- pilot,
- preclusive,
- preventative,
- preventive,
- prohibitive,
- protecting,
- protective,
- protective clothing,
- protective umbrella,
- remedy,
- rubber,
- safeguard,
- safeguarding,
- safety,
- safety glass,
- safety plug,
- safety rail,
- safety shoes,
- safety switch,
- safety valve,
- sanitary,
- screen,
- screening,
- seat belt,
- sheltering,
- shield,
- shielding,
- shin guard,
- skin,
- spermicidal jelly,
- spermicide,
- sterile,
- sterilized,
- sun helmet,
- the pill,
- tutelary,
- umbrella,
- uninfected,
- vigilant,
- watchful,
- windscreen,
- windshield
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