| NOUN | shape | striation, stria | any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as |
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| attribute | striation, band, banding, stria | a stripe or stripes of contrasting color |
| Meaning | Any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue. | |
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| Synonym | stria | |
| Broader | groove, channel | A long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) |
| Spanish | estría | |
| Catalan | estria | |
| Verbs | striate | mark with striae or striations |
| Meaning | A stripe or stripes of contrasting color. | |
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| Synonyms | band, banding, stria | |
| Narrower | collar | (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal |
| stretch mark | A narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy) | |
| Broader | stripe, streak, bar | A narrow marking of a different color or texture / texture from the background |
| Spanish | faja, tira | |
| Verbs | striate | mark with striae or striations |
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