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corrugated

corrugated is the simple past and past participle of corrugate.

Adjective

corrugated (not comparable)

  1. Marked with parallel folds, ridges or furrows.
  2. Bent into regular curved folds or grooves.
    • The floor consists of a corrugated steel section attached by welding to the body longitudes and cross members.1958 April, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 276

Meaning of corrugate

Verb

corrugate (third-person singular simple present corrugates, present participle corrugating, simple past and past participle corrugated)

  1. (transitive) To wrinkle (the skin).
    • The latter we have given, extend their Influences to the Head and whole nervous System, at the same time that they warm, comfort, and strengthen the Fibres of the Stomach, and dissipate Flatulencies, corrugate the Membranes, and promote Digestion: […]1724, John Quincy, Pharmacopœia officinalis & extemporanea, page 595
  2. To fold into parallel folds, grooves or ridges.
    • Galvanised rust-resistant weatherproof corrugated sheet roof

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Words formed from corrugated

Phrases with corrugated

Questions about corrugated

What does corrugated mean?
Corrugated means marked with parallel folds, ridges or furrows.
What is corrugated the simple past and past participle of?
Corrugated is the simple past and past participle of corrugate.
What part of speech is corrugated?
Corrugated is an adjective.

Words near corrugated in the dictionary

  1. corrs.
  2. corrugant
  3. corrugaphone
  4. corrugaphones
  5. corrugate
  6. corrugated
  7. corrugated cardboard
  8. corrugated cardboards
  9. corrugated iron
  10. corrugated lens
  11. corrugated lenses

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