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manhole collapse: a hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure

louver collapse: one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain

wind tunnel collapse: a structure resembling a tunnel where air is blown at known velocities for testing parts of aircraft

eyelet collapse: a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar

gasket collapse: seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint

floodgate collapse: something that restrains a flood or outpouring; "suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants"

deadeye collapse: (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud; a dead shot

cringle collapse: fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

peephole collapse: a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep

nostril collapse: either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose

estuary collapse: the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix

ventilator collapse: a device (such as a fan) that introduces fresh air or expels foul air

transom collapse: a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it; a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door

door collapse: a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle; "he knocked on the door"; "he slammed the door as he left"; a room that is entered via a door; "his office is the third door down the hall on the left"; a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road); "the office next door"; "they live two doors up the street from us"; anything providing a means of access (or escape); "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success"

egress collapse: the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent; (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse

pore collapse: any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal; any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)

weir collapse: a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow; a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish

flume collapse: watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs

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

loophole collapse: a small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons; an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation

chute collapse: sloping channel through which things can descend; jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

sluice collapse: conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate; irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"; draw through a sluice; "sluice water"; transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs"; pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"

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