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corrugated adjective [ ˈkɒrəɡeɪtɪd ]

• (of a material or surface) shaped into a series of parallel ridges and grooves so as to give added rigidity and strength.
• "corrugated cardboard"
Similar: ridged, fluted, channelled, furrowed, grooved, crimped, folded, crinkled, crinkly, puckered, creased, wrinkled, wrinkly, crumpled, rumpled, striate, striated,

corrugate verb

• contract or cause to contract into wrinkles or folds.
• "Micky's brow corrugated in a simian frown"
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin corrugat- ‘wrinkled’, from the verb corrugare, from cor- (expressing intensive force) + rugare (from ruga ‘a wrinkle’).


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