noun
Meaning 1
A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stria
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/ˈstɹaɪə/
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rhymes with -aɪə
noun
Meaning 2
One of the fillets between the flutes of columns, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A stretch mark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands
- the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: band, banding, striation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stripe, streak, bar
Narrower terms: collar, stretch mark
noun
Meaning 5
any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: striation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: groove, channel
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stria (“furrow”).
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ивица (ivica) — stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes
- Bulgarian: полоса (polosa) — stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes
- Catalan: estria — stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes
- French: strie — stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes
- Greek: ράβδωση (rávdosi) — stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes
- Bulgarian: стрия (strija) — stretch mark
- Catalan: estria — stretch mark
- German: Dehnungsstreifen — stretch mark
- German: Dehnungsnarbe — stretch mark
- Yoruba: gbẹ̀rẹ̀bí — stretch mark