Associations to the word «Chine»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
CHINE, noun. The top of a ridge.
CHINE, noun. The spine of an animal.
CHINE, noun. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
CHINE, noun. (nautical) A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
CHINE, noun. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
CHINE, verb. (transitive) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
CHINE, verb. To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.
CHINE, noun. (Southern England) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
Dictionary definition
CHINE, noun. Cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone.
CHINE, noun. Backbone of an animal.
CHINE, verb. Cut through the backbone of an animal.
Wise words
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