corrugate

verb

cor·ru·gate ˈkȯr-ə-ˌgāt

ˈkär-

corrugated; corrugating

Synonyms of corrugate next

transitive verb

: to form or shape into wrinkles or folds or into alternating ridges and grooves : furrow

intransitive verb

: to become corrugated

Examples of corrugate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web City Hall had corrugated metal sheets outside the windows. —

WSJ, 30 Aug. 2023 Many companies offer heavy-duty cardboard, which is usually corrugated or extra thick to hold up better to drops or heavy items that may bend or warp thinner boxes. —

Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 29 Aug. 2023 Photographs and videos from the school Saturday showed the windows and corrugated roofs of the dormitories blackened with soot. —

Abdi Latif Dahir, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023 Pictures Sebuuma and another refugee sent to Reuters from the camp showed holes punched in the walls of homes made of corrugated iron. —

NBC News, 28 Apr. 2020 Since 1885 residents of Bury, a market town of 190,000 people on Manchester’s northern fringe, have gathered at this lump of red brick and corrugated iron to watch their local team. —

The Economist, 29 Feb. 2020 Some works contain unusual textures and impressions from charred wood, corrugated cardboard or burlap. —

Richard Chang, Daily Pilot, 10 Oct. 2019 Class had only just begun at Precious Talent Top School in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, when the building, made of corrugated metal and wood, crumbled around 7:30 a.m., the Associated Press reports. —

Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 23 Sep. 2019 Also, some of the seawalls are made of vertical corrugated steel, which is inadequate, officials said. —

Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2019 See More

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