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grater collapse: utensil with sharp perforations for shredding foods (as vegetables or cheese)

millstone collapse: one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain; any load that is difficult to carry

pestle collapse: a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar; a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone; grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic"

crucible collapse: a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions

steamroller collapse: vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements; overwhelm by using great force; "steamroller the opposition"; crush with a steamroller as if to level; "steamroller the road"; proceed with great force; "The new teacher tends to steamroller"; bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure; "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat"

masonry collapse: the craft of a mason; structure built of stone or brick by a mason

firebrick collapse: brick made of fire clay; used for lining e.g. furnaces and chimneys

roller collapse: a grounder that rolls along the infield; pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground; Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers; a cylinder that revolves; a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate); a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

adobe collapse: sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates; the clay from which adobe bricks are made

apparatus collapse: equipment designed to serve a specific function; (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"

cannonade collapse: intense and continuous artillery fire; attack with canons or artillery

mortar collapse: a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range; a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle; used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall; plaster with mortar; "mortar the wall"

tile collapse: a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces; a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing; cover with tiles; "tile the wall and the floor of the bathroom"

clinker collapse: a hard brick used as a paving stone; turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning; clear out the cinders and clinker from; "we clinkered the fire frequently"

transformer collapse: an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage

brick collapse: rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material; a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy

melting pot collapse: an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated

gunfight collapse: a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten

fusillade collapse: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"; attack with fusillade

strafe collapse: an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane; "the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields"; attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane; "civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender"

mill collapse: machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing; English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873); Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836); grind with a mill; "mill grain"; roll out (metal) with a rolling machine; produce a ridge around the edge of; "mill a coin"; move about in a confused manner

siding collapse: a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass; material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof

granulate collapse: form granulating tissue; "wounds and ulcers can granulate"; become granular; form into grains

firepower collapse: (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target

barrage collapse: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing"; the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written); "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake"

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