Definition of corrugate
corrugated
;corrugating
transitive verb
: to form or shape into wrinkles or folds or into alternating ridges and grooves : furrow
intransitive verb
: to become corrugated
From the M-W Editors
Recent Examples of corrugate from the Web
-
Most homes are one-room corrugated-metal shacks that lack electricity, running water or indoor plumbing.
-
Lining the bar is corrugated metal, salvaged from a barn on the property that the couple restored.
-
Items not eligible for shredding include cans, bottles, food wrappers, thick metal, copier/printer cartridges, corrugated cardboard and medical waste.
-
There's a plastic corrugated roof to shelter half of it from rain and sun.
-
No roads run between towns in Greenland—planes and boats are the only options for traversing a coastline corrugated by innumerable fjords and glacial tongues.
-
Not for the first time, Alexander Bernas watched the tiny, concrete-block and corrugated-iron houses in this sprawling slum burn down to nearly nothing.
-
For five hours, all that can be seen is an endless expanse of ocher shifting to vermilion, corrugated by ancient crags and pocked with swirling violet salt pan lakes.
-
Roads and buildings throughout Haiti are crumbling, and most city dwellings are built of cinder-block walls and corrugated tin roofs.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'corrugate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of corrugate
Latin corrugatus, past participle of corrugare, from com- + ruga wrinkle; probably akin to Lithuanian raukas wrinkle — more at rough
Learn More about corrugate
-
See words that rhyme with corrugate Spanish Central: Translation of corrugate Nglish: Translation of corrugate for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of corrugate for Arabic speakers
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up corrugate? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Writing? Check your grammar now!