strip
/ˈstɹɪp/ noun B1- A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area. · The countries were in dispute over the ownership of a strip of desert about 100 metres wide.
- A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively. · Papier mache is made from strips of paper.· Squeeze a strip of glue along the edge and then press down] firmly.
- A comic strip.
- A landing strip.
- A strip steak.
- A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
- The playing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.
- A trough for washing ore.
Plural strips
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Come, come, do not strip the latter of his just rights to bestow them on the Corsican, who, to my mind, has usurped quite enough.”
THE NORTH WIND and the Sun disputed as to which was the most powerful, and agreed that he should be declared the victor who could first strip a wayfaring man of his clothes.
So Dorothy took a needle and thread, and as fast as Oz cut the strips of silk into proper shape the girl sewed them neatly together.
First there was a strip of light green silk, then a strip of dark green and then a strip of emerald green; for Oz had a fancy to make the balloon in different shades of the color about them.
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