crease
noun/kriːs/
Frequency rank: #9,435 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a line or ridge made by folding, pressing, or crushing something
Example sentence
She noticed a deep crease running across the front of her freshly ironed shirt.
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