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English Dictionary: corrugated by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
corrugated
adj
  1. shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges; "the surface of the ocean was rippled and corrugated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Corrugate \Cor"ru*gate\ (-g?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrugated}
      (-g?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Corrugating} (-g?`t?ng).]
      To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges
      and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending,
      or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate
      plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead.
  
      {Corrugated iron}, sheet iron bent into a series of alternate
            ridges and grooves in parallel lines, giving it greater
            stiffness.
  
      {Corrugated paper}, a thick, coarse paper corrugated in order
            to give it elasticity. It is used as a wrapping material
            for fragile articles, as bottles.
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