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crimp

adjective / noun / verb

Meaning

  1. adjectiveEasily crumbled; friable; brittle.
  2. nounA fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts.

    Example: The strap was held together by a simple metal crimp.

  3. verbTo press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.

    Example: Cornish pasties are crimped during preparation.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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