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upstruck

upstruck adjective: protruding upwards.

Adjective

upstruck (not comparable)

  1. Protruding upwards.
    • The inventor claims: An umbrella attachment, comprising a tube haying a relatively shallow circumferential groove, a flange located at one side of the groove and having an upstruck peripheral portion, […]1915, Luggage and Leather Goods, volumes 35-36, page 488
    • […] an upper cradle, and an intermediate interconnecting leg support, said plate being in the form of a generally rectangular, elongated, sheet metal stamping having a pair of marginal upstruck reinforcing ribs along its side edges […]1964, Canadian Patent Office Record, volume 92, page 6334

Origin of upstruck

From up- + struck.

Questions about upstruck

What does upstruck mean?
Upstruck means protruding upwards.
What part of speech is upstruck?
Upstruck is an adjective.

Words near upstruck in the dictionary

  1. upstrives
  2. upstriving
  3. upstroke
  4. upstrokes
  5. upstrove
  6. upstruck
  7. upstyle
  8. upstyles
  9. upsuck
  10. upsucked
  11. upsucking

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