CREST WIDTH (OR TOP THICKNESS)

Meaning of CREST WIDTH (OR TOP THICKNESS) in English

The thickness or width of a dam at the level of the top (crest) of the dam. In general, the term "thickness" is used for Gravity and Arch Dams and the term "width" is used for other dams.

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TOP — I. ˈtäp noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English top, toppe, from Old English top; akin to Old High German …
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THICKNESS — I. noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English thiknesse, from Old English thicnes, from thicce, adjective, thick + -nes -ness …
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OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
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WIDTH — ˈwidth, -itth, chiefly substand -ith noun ( plural widths “s, -idts, -it(t)s) Etymology: wide (I) + -th 1. : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WIDTH — (n.) The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width …
Английский словарь Webster
WIDTH — ( n. ) The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CREST — ( v. t. ) To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WIDTH — /width, witth/ or, often, /with/ , n. 1. extent from side to side; breadth; wideness. 2. a piece of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOP — top 1 /top/ , n., adj., v., topped, topping . n. 1. the highest or loftiest point or part of …
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THICKNESS — /thik"nis/ , n. 1. the state or quality of being thick. 2. the measure of the smallest dimension of a …
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CREST — v. reach the top; form a ridge or crest; decorate with a crest
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TOP — I. ˈtäp noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German zopf tip, tuft of hair Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CREST — I. ˈkrest noun Etymology: Middle English creste, from Anglo-French, from Latin crista; probably akin to Latin crinis hair Date: 14th …
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WIDTH — noun Etymology: wide (I) Date: 1627 1. : the horizontal measurement taken at right angles to the length : breadth …
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THICKNESS — noun Date: before 12th century 1. : the smallest of three dimensions length, width, and thickness 2. : the quality …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WIDTH — noun the quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width …
Webster English vocab
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WIDTH — [width] n [[1]wide] (1627) 1: the horizontal measurement taken at right angles to the length: breadth 2: largeness of extent …
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TOP — [top] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG zopf tip, tuft of hair] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): the highest …
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CREST — [crest] n [ME creste, fr. MF, fr. L crista; prob. akin to L crinis hair] (14c) 1 a: a showy …
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THICKNESS — thickness BrE AmE ˈθɪk nəs -nɪs ▷ thickness|es ɪz əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WIDTH — / wɪdθ; NAmE ; wɪtθ/ noun 1. [ U , C ] the measurement from one side of sth to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THICKNESS — / ˈθɪknəs; NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] the size of sth between opposite surfaces or sides …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CREST — / krest; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ usually sing. ] crest (of sth) the top part …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIDTH — width /wɪdθ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adverb : ↑ wide , ↑ widely ; verb : ↑ widen …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOP — I. top 1 S1 W2 /tɒp $ tɑːp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ top , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THICKNESS — thick ‧ ness /ˈθɪknəs, ˈθɪknɪs/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ thick , ↑ thickness , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
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CREST — I. crest 1 /krest/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: creste , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOP — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 the highest point or part (the top of the house). 2 a the highest …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THICKNESS — n. 1 the state of being thick. 2 the extent to which a thing is thick. 3 a layer of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CREST — n. & v. --n. 1 a a comb or tuft of feathers, fur, etc. on a bird's or animal's head. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOP — n., adj., & v. n. 1 the highest point or part (the top of the house). 2 a the highest …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THICKNESS — n. 1 the state of being thick. 2 the extent to which a thing is thick. 3 a layer of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
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CREST — n. & v. n. 1 a a comb or tuft of feathers, fur, etc. on a bird's or animal's head. …
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TOP — 1. n., adj., & v. --n. 1. the highest point or part (the top of the house). 2 a the …
Oxford English vocab
THICKNESS — n.1 the state of being thick. 2 the extent to which a thing is thick. 3 a layer of material …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
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CREST — n. & v. --n. 1. a a comb or tuft of feathers, fur, etc. on a bird's or animal's head. …
Oxford English vocab
WIDTH — ( widths) 1. The width of something is the distance it measures from one side or edge to the other. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOP — ( tops, topping, topped) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The top …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CREST — ( crests) 1. The crest of a hill or a wave is the top of it. N-COUNT • If you …
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WIDTH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE finished ▪ When all the pleats have been tacked in place, check that the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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THICKNESS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE different ▪ You had to look inside the shoes to be able to judge …
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CREST — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the brow/crest of a hill (= the top part of a hill ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WIDTH — [noun] - the distance across something from one side to the otherThe length of the rectangle is 10 cm and …
Cambridge English vocab
THICKNESS — [noun]The thickness of the mulch will prevent weeds growing around the shrubs. [U]Put several thicknesses (= layers) of newspaper on …
Cambridge English vocab
WIDTH — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ the great ~ of his shoulders ▪ entire , full , overall , total , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CREST — I. noun VERB + CREST ▪ reach ▪ We finally reached the ~ of the ridge. PREPOSITION ▪ on a/the …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TOP — INDEX: 1. the top part of something 2. at the top of something 3. when something is nearest the top …
Longman Activator English vocab
TOP — See ↑ BEST 1, ↑ MOST 3, ↑ POSITION/RANK 4, ↑ SURFACE 1, ↑ TOP 1,3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ at …
Longman Activator English vocab
WIDTH — n. 25B6; noun the width of the river : WIDENESS, breadth, broadness, thickness, span, diameter, girth. the width of experience …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TOP — n. 25B6; noun the top of the cliff : SUMMIT, peak, pinnacle, crest, crown, brow, head, tip, apex, vertex. the …
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THICKNESS — n. 25B6; noun the gateway is several feet in thickness : WIDTH, breadth, depth, diameter. several thicknesses of limestone : …
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CREST — n. 25B6; noun the bird's crest : COMB, plume, tuft of feathers. the crest of the hill : SUMMIT, peak, …
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