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unveiling collapse: putting on display for the first time; "he attended the unveiling of the statue"

curtain raiser collapse: any preliminary activity; a short play presented before the main play

plank collapse: an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party; cook and serve on a plank; "Planked vegetable"; "Planked shad"; cover with planks; "The streets were planked"; set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa"

pedestal collapse: an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue); a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); "they put him on a pedestal"

gallery collapse: narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade; a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns); a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose; "shooting gallery"; a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited; spectators at a golf or tennis match

slope collapse: an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"; be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"

ignition collapse: the act of setting something on fire; the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine; the process of initiating combustion or catching fire

milestone collapse: stone post at side of a road to show distances; a significant event in your life (or in a project)

cockpit collapse: compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft; seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car; an enclosure for cockfights

colosseum collapse: a large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80

position paper collapse: a report that explains or justifies or recommends some particular policy

cairn collapse: small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland; a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path

oratory collapse: addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory"

inauguration collapse: the act of starting a new operation or practice; "he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation"; "the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes"; the ceremonial induction into a position; "the new president obviously enjoyed his inauguration"

initiation collapse: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction"; a formal entry into an organization or position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame"

campus collapse: a field on which the buildings of a university are situated

landmark collapse: an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken; a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land; an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend; "the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations"; the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape; "the church steeple provided a convenient landmark"

parterre collapse: an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern

origin collapse: properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"; the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero; an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

esplanade collapse: a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore

horizontal collapse: something that is oriented horizontally; parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface"

bevel collapse: a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size; two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees; cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel; "bevel the surface"

stage collapse: a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"; a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"; a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination; the theater as a profession (usually `the stage'); "an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage"; any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peaceful negotiations"; plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion"; perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'"

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