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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

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

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"

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

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

plaster collapse: adhesive tape used in dressing wounds; a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster"; a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings; coat with plaster; "daub the wall"; apply a heavy coat to; apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm"; affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall"; cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on; "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"; "She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco"

pave collapse: a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows; cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic; "pave the roads in the village"

cement collapse: something that hardens to act as adhesive material; a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar; concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement; "they stood on the grey cement beside the pool"; any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; make fast as if with cement; "We cemented our friendship"; bind or join with or as if with cement; cover or coat with cement

specific collapse: a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease; "quinine is a specific for malaria"; stated explicitly or in detail; "needed a specific amount"; (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique; "rules with specific application"; "demands specific to the job"; "a specific and detailed account of the accident"; being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides; "quinine is highly specific for malaria"; "a specific remedy"; "a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements"; relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species; "specific characters"

concrete collapse: a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water; capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; "concrete objects such as trees"; formed by the coalescence of particles; form into a solid mass; coalesce; cover with cement; "concrete the walls"

curdle collapse: turn from a liquid to a solid mass; "his blood curdled"; go bad or sour; "The milk curdled"; turn into curds; "curdled milk"

flint collapse: a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing; a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River; a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony

blacktop collapse: a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock; coat with blacktop; "blacktop the driveway"

nonporous collapse: not porous; especially not having vessels that appear as pores; "nonporous wood"

crystallize collapse: cause to take on a definite and clear shape; "He tried to crystallize his thoughts"; assume crystalline form; become crystallized; cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form; "crystallize minerals"

appreciable collapse: enough to be estimated or measured; "appreciable amounts of noxious wastes are dumped into the harbor"

flag collapse: a conspicuously marked or shaped tail; emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design; stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones; a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device; provide with a flag; "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately"; communicate or signal with a flag; decorate with flags; "the building was flagged for the holiday"

impermeable collapse: preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through; "impermeable stone"; "an impermeable layer of scum"; "a coat impermeable to rain"

gravel collapse: rock fragments and pebbles; cover with gravel; "We gravelled the driveway"

washboard collapse: protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side; device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes on

palpable collapse: capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton"; can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor"

personal collapse: a short newspaper article about a particular person or group; particular to a given individual; concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality; "a personal favor"; "for your personal use"; "personal papers"; "I have something personal to tell you"; "a personal God"; "he has his personal bank account and she has hers"; intimately concerning a person's body or physical being; "personal hygiene"; indicating grammatical person; "personal verb endings"; of or arising from personality; "personal magnetism"

polyphonic prose collapse: a rhythmical prose employing the poetic devices of alliteration and assonance

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