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corduroy

About 0.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.
  2. noun Cheap and poor-quality whiskey.
  3. noun A pattern on snow resulting from the use of a snow groomer to pack snow and improve skiing, snowboarding and snowmobile trail conditions. Corduroy is widely regarded as a good surface on which to ski or ride.
  4. adjective Of a road, path, etc., paved with split or round logs laid crosswise side by side.
  5. verb To make (a road) by laying down split logs or tree-trunks over a marsh, swamp etc.

Similar words

cord log rough unsmooth velvet wale pile union cloth needlecord cords

Often followed by

trousers pants jacket road roads and breeches suit slacks

Word family

corduroyed corduroying corduroys

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