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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"

socket collapse: a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted; receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted; a bony hollow into which a structure fits

ingress collapse: (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse

duct collapse: an enclosed conduit for a fluid; a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"; a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls

nepotism collapse: favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)

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

conduit collapse: a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits"

sinus collapse: any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull

air pocket collapse: a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly

grove collapse: garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth; a small growth of trees without underbrush

strongbox collapse: a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked

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

resonance collapse: the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities; a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system; an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation

radio wave collapse: an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m

wavelength collapse: the distance (measured in the direction of propagation) between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave; a shared orientation leading to mutual understanding; "they are on the same wavelength"

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

visibility collapse: capability of providing a clear unobstructed view; "a windshield with good visibility"; quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye; "low visibility caused by fog"; degree of exposure to public notice; "that candidate does not have sufficient visibility to win an election"

tsunami collapse: a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption; "a colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes"

ground swell collapse: a broad and deep undulation of the ocean; an obvious change of public opinion or political sentiment that occurs without leadership or overt expression; "there was a ground swell of antiwar sentiment"

ionosphere collapse: the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electrons

troposphere collapse: the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude)

shovel collapse: a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle; a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace; the quantity a shovel can hold; dig with or as if with a shovel; "shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long"

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