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chink1
- pronunciation:
- chIngk
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a narrow crack; crevice; fissure.
a chink between two boards in the floor- synonyms:
- crack, cranny, crevice, fissure
- similar words:
- breach, cleft, crevasse, fracture, furrow, gash, groove, rift, slit
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| related words: |
aperture, fault, flaw, leak, opening |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
chinked, chinking, chinks |
| definition 1: |
to create chinks in.
- synonyms:
- crack
- similar words:
- break, cleave, furrow, gash, slit
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| definition 2: |
to plug up chinks in.
She chinked the walls of the log cabin.- synonyms:
- fill, plug up
- similar words:
- cement, close, plaster, stop up
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