formation
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(noun) the fabrication of something in a particular shape |
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Synonyms: shaping |
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Related Words: fabrication, forging, grooving, manufacture, metalwork, metalworking, rifling |
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(noun) a particular arrangement |
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Related Words: arrangement, raster, rig, rigging, split |
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(noun) an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit |
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Related Words: arrangement, backfield, center, flank, flight, head, line, military formation, rear, secondary, wing |
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(noun) the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group"; "he still remembers the establishment of the hospital" |
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Synonyms: constitution, establishment, organisation, organization |
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Related Words: beginning, colonisation, colonization, commencement, settlement, start, unionisation, unionization |
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(noun) the geological features of the earth |
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Synonyms: geological formation, geology |
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Related Words: aquifer, beach, chain, chain of mountains, cliff, delta, depression, drop-off, elevation, folium, foreshore, fountain, groundwater level, ice mass, incline, lakefront, massif, mineral vein, mountain chain, mountain range, mouth, natural depression, natural elevation, natural object, natural spring, oceanfront, outflow, outpouring, range, range of mountains, relict, ridge, scree, shore, side, slope, spring, talus, vein, water level, water table |
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