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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.
2. 2
   a stripe or stripes of contrasting color wordnet
3. 3
   One of the fillets between the flutes of columns, etc.
4. 4
   any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue wordnet
5. 5
   A stretch mark.

Synonyms

All synonyms

bandbandbandingbarbeltchase

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stria (“furrow”).

Related phrases

Wickham striaWickham's striastria vascularisterminal striastretch mark

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