corrugated

[ kawr-uh-gey-tid, kor- ]

adjective

1. shaped into wavy folds or alternating furrows and ridges:

   Drops of rain hammered on the corrugated metal roof.

   Your cat can use the toy’s corrugated cardboard center as a scratching mat.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of corrugate.

Other Words From

• un·cor·ru·gat·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of corrugated¹

First recorded in 1585–95; corrugate ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective; corrugate ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb

Example Sentences

Eagle told me he had been a loyal Democrat as a young man but switched parties when he quit teaching to run his father’s corrugated box company, where he wrestled with labor issues and saw the world from a different vantage point.

From Los Angeles Times

His brother Jibreel has covered the grave with plastic sheeting, some concrete blocks and a sheet of corrugated iron.

From BBC

The road is flanked on each side by rusted four-barred fences, behind which lie a couple of buildings with corrugated iron roofs.

From Salon

Eren Holding said its new plant would process a quarter of the waste cardboard the UK currently sends abroad, and focus on creating containerboard - used to make packaging and corrugated boxes from recycled paper - as well as tissue products.

From BBC

The arched, corrugated steel building had been used by the Navy during World War II and more recently by a waterbed manufacturer that had gone out of business.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• crumpled