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41coffee ring — noun ring shaped coffeecake with fruits or nuts and often iced • Hypernyms: ↑coffeecake, ↑coffee cake * * * noun : a coffee cake in the shape of a ring that is plain or fruited and often glazed with melted sugar * * * a coffeecake shaped like a… …
42doughnut-shaped — adjective shaped like a ring • Syn: ↑annular, ↑annulate, ↑annulated, ↑circinate, ↑ringed, ↑ring shaped • Similar to: ↑rounded …
43guard ring — noun : a close fitting finger ring worn outside another to keep the latter from slipping off * * * a ring worn tightly in front of another ring to prevent the latter from slipping off the finger. [1810 20] * * * guard ring noun A keeper, or… …
44collector ring — noun 1. : one or more continuous conducting rings in a dynamo or motor from which the brushes take or to which they deliver current 2. : the ring shaped exhaust manifold of a radial airplane engine * * * collector ring, = slip ring. (Cf. ↑slip… …
45Vortex ring — (Physics) A ring shaped mass of moving fluid which, by virtue of its motion of rotation around an axis disposed in circular form, attains a more or less distinct separation from the surrounding medium and has many of the properties of a solid.… …
46smoke ring — smoke ring, smoke forced out between the lips of a smoker in the shape of a ring. * * * n. a ring shaped puff of smoke exhaled by a smoker …
47slinger ring — n. a ring shaped tube, fitted around the hub of an airplane propeller, through which alcohol or some other de icing fluid is applied to the blades by centrifugal force * * * …
48signet ring sign — in diagnostic imaging, a ring shaped appearance caused by a pathologic process, such as that seen on radiographs of the wrist in scapholunate dislocation or that caused by a dilated bronchus on computed tomography of the lung. See also cortical… …
49napkin ring — napkin rings N COUNT A napkin ring is a ring shaped object which is used to hold a rolled up napkin …
50rubber ring — /rʌbə ˈrɪŋ/ (say rubuh ring) noun 1. an inflatable ring shaped rubber tube worn round the waist as an aid to swimming. 2. → rubber band …
