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plat collapse: a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.); make a plat of; "Plat the town"

goffer collapse: an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats; an iron used to press pleats and ridges; a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)

tuck collapse: a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place; (sports) a bodily position adopted in some sports (such as diving or skiing) in which the knees are bent and the thighs are drawn close to the chest; eatables (especially sweets); fit snugly into; "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in"; make a tuck or several folds in; "tuck the fabric"; "tuck in the sheet"

twill collapse: a cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs; a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs; weave diagonal lines into (textiles)

aqueduct collapse: a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley

entrenchment collapse: an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches

gutter collapse: a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater; a tool for gutting fish; a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.); misfortune resulting in lost effort or money; "his career was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer"; "pensions are in the toilet"; provide with gutters; "gutter the buildings"; wear or cut gutters into; "The heavy rain guttered the soil"; flow in small streams; "Tears guttered down her face"; burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker; "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"

dado collapse: a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it; the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase; cut a dado into or fit into a dado; provide with a dado; "The owners wanted to dado their dining room"

kennel collapse: outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog; put up in a kennel; "kennel a dog"

ruff collapse: (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit; common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season

canal collapse: long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation; (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion; provide (a city) with a canal

striate collapse: marked with stria or striations; mark with striae or striations

rabbet collapse: a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together; cut a rectangular groove into; join with a rabbet joint

gully collapse: deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)

rut collapse: a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut"; a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels); be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals

rifle collapse: a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"; go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?"

wrinkle collapse: a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different); a minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"; a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"; make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled"

frill collapse: a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim; an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal; (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs

plow collapse: a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing; to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"; move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water"

pucker collapse: an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth); to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips"; become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered"

chisel collapse: an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge; carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble"

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