corrugate

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to fold into parallel folds, grooves or ridges
To wrinkle
{v} to wrinkle, purse up, contract
{f} form corresponding ridges or wrinkles (in paper, cardboard, earth, etc.); become corrugated
To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead
Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows
fold into ridges; "corrugate iron"
fold into ridges; "corrugate iron
corrugated
marked with parallel folds, ridges or furrows
corrugated
Simple past tense and past participle of corrugate
corrugation
The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves
corrugated
– see SEERSUCKERING
corrugated
shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges; "the surface of the ocean was rippled and corrugated"
corrugated
bent into regular curved folds or grooves
corrugated
A board constructed of a fluted paper core sandwiched between to layers of paper or cardboard See Flute
corrugated
{s} creased, wrinkled, grooved; wavy
corrugated
Paper that is rippled or ribbed (goes up and down)
corrugated
having a ripple-like distortion
corrugated
Folded or shaped into parallel ridges or furrows so as to form a symmetrically wavy surface
corrugated
Having a cross-section or profile comprising a regular series of repeated geometric shapes, most commonly semi-circular (8)
corrugated
the middle wavy layer of a cardboard box
corrugated
shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges; "the surface of the ocean was rippled and corrugated
corrugated
structural paper or cardboard shaped in parallel furrows and ridges for rigidity
corrugated
past of corrugate
corrugated
Also known as OCC (Old Corrugated Cartons) It is used for shipping containers and is manufactured from a fluted paperboard, called corrugating medium, sandwiched between two paperboards called linerboard
corrugated
(See seersuckering )
corrugated
Corrugated metal or cardboard has been folded into a series of small parallel folds to make it stronger. a hut with a corrugated iron roof. in the shape of waves or folds, or made like this in order to give something strength (past participle of corrugare, from com- ( COM-) + ruga )
corrugates
third-person singular of corrugate
corrugating
present participle of corrugate
corrugation
{i} folds, ridges, wrinkles; state of being shaped into folds
corrugation
the act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves
corrugation
the act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves a ridge on a corrugated surface
corrugation
a ridge on a corrugated surface
corrugate

    Hyphenation

    cor·ru·gate

    Turkish pronunciation

    kôrıgeyt

    Pronunciation

    /ˈkôrəˌgāt/ /ˈkɔːrəˌɡeɪt/

    Etymology

    [ 'kor-&-"gAt, 'kär- ] (verb.) 1620. Latin corrugatus, past participle of corrugare, from com- + ruga wrinkle; probably akin to Lithuanian raukas wrinkle; more at ROUGH.
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