corrugated

[ kawr-uh-gey-tid, kor- ]

/ ˈkɔr əˌgeɪ tɪd, ˈkɒr- /

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adjective

shaped into wavy folds or alternating furrows and ridges: Drops of rain hammered on the corrugated metal roof.Your cat can use the toy’s corrugated cardboard center as a scratching mat.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of corrugate.

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Origin of corrugated

corrugate + -ed² for the adjective sense; corrugate + -ed¹ for the verb sense

OTHER WORDS FROM corrugated

un·cor·ru·gat·ed, adjective

Words nearby corrugated

corrody, corrosion, corrosive, corrosive sublimate, corrugate, corrugated, corrugated iron, corrugated paper, corrugation, corrugator, corrupt

How to use corrugated in a sentence

You’ll need corrugated boxes in various sizes, unless you’re using boxes provided by your carrier.
Mailing gifts this year? Here are tips from the pros on how to box up your items properly.|Jura Koncius|December 3, 2020|Washington Post
Inside, mismatched plastic trays sat carefully stacked on industrial metal shelves, stretching all the way from the concrete floor to the corrugated-steel ceiling.
Inside Singapore’s huge bet on vertical farming|Katie McLean|October 13, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Rather, it can be made from “wood, corrugated metal, polycarbonate plastic, and standard framing hardware,” which allows for the cabins to be prototyped immediately and relatively cost-effectively at scale.
What might COVID winter dining look like? IDEO and Chicago have some out-there ideas|Brett Haensel|October 9, 2020|Fortune
The dugout was covered with semi-circular sheets of corrugated iron, forming a vaulted roof.
Life Under Air Strikes: Children Under Fire Will Never Forget — or Forgive|Clive Irving|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST

At the same time parts of the corrugated iron roof collapsed.
Life Under Air Strikes: Children Under Fire Will Never Forget — or Forgive|Clive Irving|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Since the Nehers departed, the school got a corrugated iron roof and there is now a real road into the town.
We Built a School in Boko Haram’s Heartland|Michael Daly|May 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It ran into a corrugated tin sheet boundary and a large genip tree.
Uncovering Jamaica’s Jewish Past|Debra A. Klein|December 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There were trees and electrical poles strewn across the road and corrugated iron roofing that had been ripped off houses.
Typhoon Haiyan Survivor Describes Utter Devastation in the Philippines|The Telegraph|November 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Its shores were long stretches of mud-flats, corrugated everywhere with thousands of clam-holes.
The Rival Campers Afloat|Ruel Perley Smith
And the parson went to live in the town, beside his church—in a corrugated iron house that was run up for him.
Thirty Years in Australia|Ada Cambridge
The corrugated iron roofs were dazzlingly white and smooth—two or three inches of snow in every groove.
Thirty Years in Australia|Ada Cambridge
The house was a rough, square, one-storeyed building, roofed over with corrugated iron.
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley|Bertram Mitford
A corrugated iron roof had saved it, they said, although there was a good clearing on either side of the shanty.
The Pioneers|Katharine Susannah Prichard