Dampen the edges of the pastry in the dish with a little cold water, cover with the lid, press the edges firmly together, and crimp to decorate.
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Crimp
//kɹɪmp//
Synonyms for "crimp" (218 found)
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Translations
25 translations across 10 languages.
Catalan
3 entries- garsa noun (fastener or method)
- garsar verb (to fasten by bending metal)
- rinxolar verb (to style hair into a grimp)
Czech
1 entries- nalisovat verb (to fasten by bending metal)
French
1 entries- sertir verb (to fasten by bending metal)
German
4 entries- crimpen verb (to fasten by bending metal)
- falzen verb (to fasten by bending metal)
- quetschen verb (to fasten by bending metal)
- wellen verb (to style hair into a grimp)
Italian
1 entries- crimpare verb (to fasten by bending metal)
Polish
4 entries- plisa noun (fastener or method)
- fałdować verb (to fasten by bending metal)
- karbować verb (to style hair into a grimp)
- marszczyć verb (to fasten by bending metal)
Portuguese
1 entries- crimpar verb (to fasten by bending metal)
Romanian
1 entries- sertiza verb (to fasten by bending metal)
Russian
3 entries- обжи́м noun (fastener or method)
- обжа́ть verb (to fasten by bending metal)
- обжима́ть verb (to fasten by bending metal)
Spanish
2 entries- crimpar verb (to fasten by bending metal)
- ponchar verb (to fasten by bending metal)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Devaluing the currency also means that prices rise for consumers, and it tends to crimp consumer spending.
Source: tatoeba (11995907)
Now the Fowler […] Treads the crimp Earth,
Source: wiktionary
The evidence is crimp; the witnesses swear backward and forward, and contradict themselves
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