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blanket collapse: bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep"; a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor; anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow"; cover as if with a blanket; "snow blanketed the fields"; form a blanket-like cover (over)

self-acting collapse: designed to activate or move or regulate itself; "a self-activating sprinkler system"

digressive collapse: (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"; of superficial relevance if any; "a digressive allusion to the day of the week"; "a tangential remark"

sheet collapse: bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs; (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind; a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width; used for writing or printing; any broad thin expanse or surface; "a sheet of ice"; cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body"; come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon"

journal collapse: the part of the axle contained by a bearing; a record book as a physical object; a periodical dedicated to a particular subject; "he reads the medical journals"

ledger collapse: a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books"

sigmoid collapse: of or relating to the sigmoid flexure in the large intestine; curved in two directions (like the letter S)

circumlocution collapse: an indirect way of expressing something; a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

shroud collapse: a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute; wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses"; cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"; form a cover like a shroud; "Mist shrouded the castle"

stationery collapse: paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters; usually with matching envelopes

ingot collapse: metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling

lee collapse: the side of something that is sheltered from the wind; American general who led the Confederate armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870); soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818); leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American colonies (1732-1794); United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926); United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973); United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970); United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of Black culture in America (born in 1957)

circuitous collapse: marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct; "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"; "a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend"

twirl collapse: turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

leeward collapse: the direction in which the wind is blowing; on the side away from the wind; "on the leeward side of the island"; toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward"

flexuous collapse: having turns or windings; "the flexuous bed of the stream"

diary collapse: a personal journal (as a physical object); a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

drizzle collapse: very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower; moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted butter"; rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant"

doormat collapse: a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering

windward collapse: the direction from which the wind is coming; on the side exposed to the wind; "the windward islands"; away from the wind; "they were sailing windward"

moisture collapse: wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window"

bullion collapse: gold or silver in bars or ingots; a mass of precious metal

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