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clerestory collapse: part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light

ground floor collapse: the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building; becoming part of a venture at the beginning (regarded as position of advantage); "he got in on the ground floor"

story collapse: a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"

speedway collapse: a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles; road where high speed driving is allowed

driveway collapse: a road leading up to a private house; "they parked in the driveway"

causeway collapse: a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand; pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles; provide with a causeway; "A causewayed swamp"

superhighway collapse: an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form

mews collapse: street lined with building that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings; "she lives in a Chelsea mews"

arterial collapse: of or involving or contained in the arteries; "arterial disease"; "the arterial system"; "arterial blood"

street collapse: a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"; the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; "be careful crossing the street"; people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights"; a situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street"; the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction; "she tried to keep her children off the street"

pike collapse: any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere; medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet; a sharp point (as on the end of a spear); highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh

turnpike collapse: an expressway on which tolls are collected; (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid

floor collapse: the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room or hallway); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"; a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"; a large room in a stock exchange where the trading is done; "he is a floor trader"; the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business; "there was a motion from the floor"; the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor"; a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"; the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat"; the bottom surface of any a cave or lake etc.; the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor"

lane collapse: a narrow way or road; a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic

blind alley collapse: (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement; "all the clues led the police into blind alleys"; "so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley"; a street with only one way in or out

roadway collapse: a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel

bypass collapse: a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town; a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part); avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!"

artery collapse: a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic; a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body

avenue collapse: a line of approach; "they explored every avenue they could think of"; "it promises to open new avenues to understanding"; a wide street or thoroughfare

terrace collapse: a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face); "Grosvenor Terrace"; a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below); make into terraces as for cultivation; "The Incas terraced their mountainous land"; provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country house"

level collapse: indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid; height above ground; "the water reached ankle level"; "the pictures were at the same level"; an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"; oriented at right angles to the plumb; "the picture is level"; being on a precise horizontal plane; "a billiard table must be level"; not showing abrupt variations; "spoke in a level voice"; "she gave him a level look"- Louis Auchincloss; become level or even; "The ground levelled off"; talk frankly with; lay it on the line; "I have to level with you"; aim at; "level criticism or charges at somebody"; tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"

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