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ball bearing |
a machine part made of a groove in the shape of a circle with metal balls that roll in it. A ball bearing lets an axle or other part move easily. |
canaliculus |
a small bodily channel or tubular passage, such as a tear duct, or a tiny groove, as in a bone. |
chase2 |
a furrow or groove; slot. [1/2 definitions] |
chassis |
in a gun, the groove along which the carriage moves back and forth. [1/4 definitions] |
crease |
a groove or fold, produced by heat or pressure. [3/6 definitions] |
dado |
in carpentry, a rectangular groove into which the end of a board is or can be set. [1/3 definitions] |
flute |
an indentation, groove, or furrow, as in pleated cloth or along the edge of a pie crust. [1/8 definitions] |
fuller2 |
a groove made with this tool. [1/2 definitions] |
furrow |
any narrow groove in a surface. [1/3 definitions] |
gouge |
the hole or groove that is created using a gouge or other similar cutting edge. [1/7 definitions] |
groove |
a long narrow cut or dent in a surface. [2 definitions] |
guideway |
a channel or groove that defines the path for something moving through it. [1/2 definitions] |
kerf |
a groove, notch, or cut made in wood by a saw or other cutting tool, or the width of such a cut. [1/2 definitions] |
microgroove |
an especially fine groove on a long-playing record, or a record having such a groove. |
paramecium |
any of several one-celled protozoans that move by means of cilia and have a large oral groove. |
philtrum |
the vertical groove between the upper lip and the nose. |
rabbet |
a slot or groove cut into the edge of a board, frame, or the like, to receive a projecting edge of another piece so that the two fit together. [1/5 definitions] |
regroove |
combined form of groove. |
runner |
a groove or support on which a drawer or the like slides or moves. [1/7 definitions] |
rut1 |
a furrow or groove worn into the ground by something such as a wheeled vehicle. [1/3 definitions] |
screw thread |
the continuous helical ridge or groove on the outer surface of a screw or the inner surface of a nut. |
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