corrugated
pronunciation
How to pronounce corrugated in British English:
UK [ˈkɒrəgeɪtɪd]
How to pronounce corrugated in American English:
US [ˈkɔrəgeɪtɪd]
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- Adjective:
- shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
Word Origin
- corrugated (adj.)
- 1620s, "wrinkled" (of skin, etc.), past participle adjective from corrugate. Meaning "bent into curves or folds" (of iron, cardboard, etc., for elasticity and strength) is from 1853.
Example
- 1. New delhi 's weightlifting stadium , which was frenziedly built for the forthcoming commonwealth games , resembles a bloated , mushroom-shaped storage shed with a cream-coloured corrugated tin roof .
- 2. A few years ago I read that he collected a line of regional italian cookbooks , bound with corrugated cardboard and printed on heavy brown paper , all with colourful , almost cartoonish illustrations .
- 3. ' We focused on capturing emerging-market growth of our core product lines by investing globally , while in the u.s. , we doubled down in corrugated packaging where we see real opportunity , ' says tom ryan , an international paper spokesman .
- 4. The packaging machine is attached to vats for mixing the jelly by pipes held together with masking tape ; the corrugated iron roof is covered with strips of plastic to keep the rain out .
- 5. Turkish television showed chaotic scenes of men ripping holes in the corrugated iron walls of the camp and running toward the border , while others clambered onto observation towers to try to survey the scene .