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

In the background are exposed brick buildings with corrugated iron roofs, ploughed fields, mango trees and maize crops.

From BBC

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

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

In another enclosure, Mozart, a three-legged gray fox with no spleen, peered warily from a tunnel of corrugated tubing.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• crumpled