dent
/dɛnt/ noun C1- A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact. · The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car.
- A minor effect made upon something. · to make a dent
- A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
- A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action · That purchase put a bit of a dent in my wallet.
Plural dents
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And when the tinsmiths came, bringing with them all their tools in baskets, she inquired, “Can you straighten out those dents in the Tin Woodman, and bend him back into shape again, and solder him together where he is broken?”
“Lovely dimples, like little dents in cream.
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