groove
Noun
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subtypes:
- dado - a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
- flute, fluting - a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
- quirk - a narrow groove beside a beading
- rabbet, rebate - a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
- track - a groove on a phonograph recording
- rut - a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
- stria, striation - any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue
- washout - the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water
same as: channel -
is a type of: modus operandi, routine - an unvarying or habitual method or proceduresame as: rut
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referred to in: anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animalsis a type of: body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremitysubtypes:
- costal groove - groove between the ribs where the nerves and blood vessels are
- fissure - (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes
same as: vallecula
Verb
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is a type of: incise - make an incision into by carving or cutting
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