groove : Idioms & Phrases


Box groove

  • (Metal Working), a closed groove between two rolls, formed by a collar on one roll fitting between collars on another. R. W. Raymond.
Webster 1913

costal groove

  • noun groove between the ribs where the nerves and blood vessels are
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Diamond groove

  • (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll.
Webster 1913

Medullary groove

  • (Anat.), a groove, in the epiblast of the vertebrate blastoderm, the edges of which unite, making a tube (the medullary canal) from which the brain and spinal cord are developed.
Webster 1913

Primitive groove

  • (Anat.), a depression or groove in the epiblast of the primitive streak. It is not connected with the medullary groove, which appears later and in front of it.
Webster 1913

tongue and groove joint

  • noun a mortise joint made by fitting a projection on the edge of one board into a matching groove on another board
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tonguing and grooving plane

  • noun a plane having cutters designed to make the tongues and grooves on the edges of matchboards
    match plane.
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well-grooved

  • adjective satellite established as if settled into a groove or rut
    grooved.
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