Word: chine
Category: chine
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Related words: chine
de chine, chine in, the chine, crepe de chine, la chine, chine food, what is chine, new chine, chine restaurant, bone chine, silk de chine, black chine, chine colle, chine one, chine boat, fine chine
Synonyms: chine
eyeglass
Translations: chine
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german
Translations:
kammstück, rückgrat, lendenstück, kimm, kimmwinkel, rumpfseitenteil
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french
Translations:
ravin
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russian
Translations:
расщелина, позвоночник, ущелье
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finnish
Translations:
selkäranka
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czech
Translations:
úžlabina, rokle
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polish
Translations:
parów
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ukrainian
Translations:
філей, ущелина, китаєць
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croatian
Translations:
kičma
The meaning and "use of": chine
noun
- a backbone, especially that of an animal as it appears in a cut of meat. - You'll probably need to special order this roast from the butcher; be sure to ask for the chine bone to be removed.
- a deep, narrow ravine formed by running water. - Many chines still exist in the South Wight and Hampshire.
- the angle where the bottom of a boat or ship meets the side. - The Bertram 31 and its prototype were designed with a remarkable 23-degree angle of deadrise at the transom with three lifting strakes on each side from the keel to the chine .
- cut (meat) across or along the backbone. - There was in 16c England a set of verbs for carving kinds of game, fish, and poultry, which included allaying a pheasant, barbing a lobster, chining a salmon, fracting a chicken, sculling a tench, and unbracing a mallard.
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