chines

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English

Definitions

noun

The top of a ridge.
The spine of an animal.
A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.

noun

(Southern England) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.

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Synonyms

mentum kuki chin up kuki-chin chinas sponsons dihedral strakes skeg tumblehome sterns corrugation beamy fin keel aerofoil amidships

Rhymes

guidelines confines dressed to the nines designs whines read between the lines headlines undermines defines fines

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