wrinklenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈrɪŋ.kəl/us/ˈrɪŋ.kəl/wrinkle noun [ C ] (LINE)
C2 a small line in the skin caused by old age:
a small line or fold in cloth
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The skin, & skin colour
- beauty spot
- blanch
- coloring
- cutaneous
- dermatome
- dermis
- drain
- follicle
- goosebumps
- half-caste
- ink
- jaundiced
- pale
- pallid
- sallow
- skin graft
- swarthy
- wan
- waxen
- wrinkled
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wrinkle noun [ C ] (PROBLEM)
informal a problem, usually a small one:
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Making things more or less smooth or straight
- bunch
- bunch (sth) up
- coarsen
- collapse
- creased
- crinkle
- crumple
- fold
- furl
- pucker
- pumice stone
- roll sth up
- roughen
- sand
- screw
- sleek
- sleek back/down
- smooth
- steady
- straighten
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wrinkleverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈrɪŋ.kəl/us/ˈrɪŋ.kəl/If skin or material wrinkles, or if something wrinkles it, it gets small lines or folds in it:
to make folds appear on your face above your eyes to show that you are surprised or confused
to show that you dislike something or that you disapprove of something by tightening the muscles in your nose so that small lines appear in the skin:
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Making things more or less smooth or straight
- bunch
- bunch (sth) up
- coarsen
- collapse
- creased
- crinkle
- crumple
- fold
- furl
- pucker
- pumice stone
- roll sth up
- roughen
- sand
- screw
- sleek
- sleek back/down
- smooth
- steady
- straighten
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