corrugation

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/ˌkɔɹ.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/

noun

The process of corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.

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Meanings

nouncorrugation (countable and uncountable, plural corrugations)

plural corrugations

  1. countableuncountableThe process of corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.

    According to the pilot, ships were taking hard punishment in the storm. But from this altitude the corrugations of the seas looked no higher to the eye than the ridges of your palate feel to the tongue.

    1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, pages 391–92
  2. countableuncountablewashboarding (the appearance of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road)

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
washboarding

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with corrugation

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APA

corrugation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corrugation

MLA

“corrugation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corrugation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corrugation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corrugation.

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