- 1. n. A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striae, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striae on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain. Source: opted
- 2. n. A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like. Source: opted
- 3. n. 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 Source: wordnet
- 4. n. a stripe or stripes of contrasting color Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striæ, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striæ on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain. 2. (Arch.) A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like. Oxf. Gloss. Source: webster
- 6. A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.Oxf. Gloss. Source: adambom
- 7. n. 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 Source: ecdict
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