CHINK (IN WALL)

CHINK (IN WALL)
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English-Arabic construction engineering dictionary. 2015.

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  • Chink — Chink, v. t. 1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures. [1913 Webster] 2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chink — (ch[i^][ng]k), n. [OE. chine, AS. c[=i]ne fissure, chink, fr. c[=i]nan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan to sprout, G. keimen. Cf. {Chit}.] A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of a wall.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • chink — I UK [tʃɪŋk] / US noun [countable] Word forms chink : singular chink plural chinks 1) a) a very small space in a wall or between two things, especially when this lets light through A light shone through a chink in the curtains. b) a small amount… …   English dictionary

  • chink — [[t]tʃɪ̱ŋk[/t]] chinks, chinking, chinked 1) N COUNT: usu N in n A chink in a surface is a very narrow crack or opening in it. ...a chink in the wall... He peered through a chink in the curtains. 2) N COUNT: N of n A chink of light is a small… …   English dictionary

  • wall —    The famous literary example of wall used as a vocative occurs in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Pyramus, otherwise Nick Bottom, the weaver, addresses Tom Snout, playing the part of the wall: ‘Oh wall, O sweet and lovely wall,/Show me …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • chink — chink1 [tʃıŋk] n [Sense: 1,3; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from chin crack (11 16 centuries), from Old English cine] [Sense: 2; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: From the sound] 1.) a small hole in a wall, or between two things that join together,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • chink — chink1 [ tʃıŋk ] noun count 1. ) a very small space in a wall or between two things, especially when this lets light through: A light shone through a chink in the curtains. a ) chink of a small amount of light that shines through a small space: A …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • chink — 1 noun 1 (C) a small hole in a wall, or between two things that join together, that lets light or air through: The sun came through a chink in the curtains. 2 (C) a high ringing sound made by metal or glass objects hitting each other: the chink… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • chink — chink1 /chingk/, n. 1. a crack, cleft, or fissure: a chink in a wall. 2. a narrow opening: a chink between two buildings. v.t. 3. to fill up chinks in. [1350 1400; ME; perh. CHINE1 + k suffix (see OCK)] Syn. 1. breach, rent, cut. chink2 …   Universalium

  • chink — I [[t]tʃɪŋk[/t]] n. 1) a crack, cleft, or fissure: a chink in a wall[/ex] 2) a narrow opening: a chink between two buildings[/ex] 3) to fill up chinks in • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME; perh. chine in same sense (OE cinu, c. OS kena) + k suffix (see… …   From formal English to slang

  • chink — I. /tʃɪŋk / (say chingk) noun 1. a crack, cleft, or fissure. 2. a narrow opening. –verb (t) 3. Originally US to fill up chinks in (a log wall) as with daub. –phrase 4. a chink in one s armour, a point at which one is emotionally or otherwise… …  

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