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backlog collapse: an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services); large log at the back of a hearth fire; accumulate and create a backlog

superintendent collapse: a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector

eiderdown collapse: down of the eider duck; a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider

writer collapse: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay); a person who is able to write and has written something

overreact collapse: show an exaggerated response to something; "Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy"

construct collapse: draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle"; make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"; create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts; "construct a proof"; "construct an argument"; create by linking linguistic units; "construct a sentence"; "construct a paragraph"

boy collapse: (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man; "get out of my way, boy"; a friendly informal reference to a grown man; "he likes to play golf with the boys"

propellant collapse: something that propels; tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of propulsive thought"

auditor collapse: a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization; a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit

martyrdom collapse: death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause

shag collapse: a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn; a fabric with long coarse nap; "he bought a shag rug"; a matted tangle of hair or fiber; "the dog's woolly shag"; a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded; dance the shag

lint collapse: cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds; fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers

pilaster collapse: a rectangular column that usually projects about a third of its width from the wall to which it is attached

pile collapse: the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave; "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction"; a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure; a collection of objects laid on top of each other; a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit); "she made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks into their new house"; place or lay as if in a pile; "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"

bearer collapse: a messenger who bears or presents; "a bearer of good tidings"

commissary collapse: a retail store that sells equipment and provisions to military personnel; a snack bar in a film studio

mound collapse: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind"; (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands; form into a rounded elevation; "mound earth"

overstate collapse: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

batch collapse: a collection of things or persons to be handled together; all the loaves of bread baked at the same time; (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"; batch together; assemble or process as a batch

shove collapse: the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something); "he gave the door a shove"; push roughly; "the people pushed and shoved to get in line"

conductor collapse: a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.; the person who leads a musical group; the person who collects fares on a public conveyance; a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat

confinement collapse: the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them; the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement"

college collapse: a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed; British slang for prison; the body of faculty and students of a college; an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university

bunt collapse: (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat; fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores; similar to Tilletia caries; disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores; hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance

indentation collapse: the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions; the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line; a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)

operator collapse: an agent that operates some apparatus or machine; "the operator of the switchboard"; someone who owns or operates a business; "who is the operator of this franchise?"; a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets; (mathematics) a symbol that represents a function from functions to functions; "the integral operator"

pry collapse: be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!"; to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"; make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"

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