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ALL meanings of chine

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  • noun chine the backbone 3
  • noun chine the backbone of an animal with adjoining meat, cut for cooking 3
  • noun chine a ridge or crest of land 3
  • noun chine (in some boats) a corner-like intersection where the bottom meets the side 3
  • verb chine to cut (meat) along or across the backbone 3
  • noun chine a deep fissure in the wall of a cliff 3
  • adjective chine having a mottled pattern 3
  • noun chine the backbone; spine 3
  • noun chine a cut of meat containing part of the backbone 3
  • noun chine a ridge of rock 3
  • noun chine the juncture of the bottom and either of the sides of a boat 3
  • verb transitive chine to cut along or across the backbone of (a carcass of meat) 3
  • noun chine a rocky ravine or deep fissure in a cliff 3
  • abbreviation CHINE chime2 3
  • noun chine A backbone, especially that of an animal as it appears in a cut of meat. 1
  • adjective chine noting or pertaining to a fabric having a variegated pattern produced by warp threads that have been dyed, printed, or painted before weaving. 1
  • noun chine coastal ravine in southern England 1
  • noun chine backbone of an animal 1
  • noun chine meat: cut from backbone 1
  • noun chine geography: ridge or crest 1
  • noun chine angle of a boat's hull 1
  • transitive verb chine meat: cut along backbone 1
  • noun chine (Southern England) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea. 0
  • verb chine (Transitive Verb) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces. 0
  • verb chine To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine. 0
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