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All plica synonyms

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noun plica

  • chine — the backbone
  • hogback — a long, sharply crested ridge, generally formed of steeply inclined strata that are especially resistant to erosion.
  • crowfoot — any of several plants of the genus Ranunculus, such as R. sceleratus and R. aquatilis (water crowfoot) that have yellow or white flowers and divided leaves resembling the foot of a crow
  • flection — the act of bending.
  • wrinkle — an ingenious trick or device; a clever innovation: a new advertising wrinkle.
  • esker — A long ridge of gravel and other sediment, typically having a winding course, deposited by meltwater from a retreating glacier or ice sheet.
  • furrow — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
  • flexure — the act of flexing or bending.
  • crumple — If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds.
  • crease — Creases are lines that are made in cloth or paper when it is crushed or folded.
  • lapel — either of the two parts of a garment folded back on the chest, especially a continuation of a coat collar.
  • fold — to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
  • fluting — a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
  • knife edge — the cutting edge of a knife.
  • moraine — a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
  • rabbet — a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
  • crow's-foot — a wrinkle at the outer corner of the eye
  • crimp — If you crimp something such as a piece of fabric or pastry, you make small folds in it.
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