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How to pronounce wrinkle in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms purse
Type of contract
Type Words
Synonyms crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam
Type of imprint, depression, impression
Has types heart line, line of fate, crow's feet, crow's foot, dermatoglyphic, frown line, laugh line, life line, lifeline, line of destiny, line of heart, line of life, line of saturn, love line, mensal line


ironing gets rid of most wrinkles.
Type Words
Synonyms crease, crinkle, crumple, rumple
Type of fold up, fold


This fabric won't wrinkle.
Type Words
Synonyms crease, furrow
Type of turn up, fold up, fold
Type Words
Synonyms crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up
Type of turn up, fold, fold up
Has types crumple, knit, pucker, cockle, ruck, ruck up, rumple


The dress got wrinkled.
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Type of method
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Type of difficulty


they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out.

Examples of wrinkle

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If he's right on that count, it would be the latest wrinkle in a long tradition.
From the sacbee.com
Far from delighting in the scent of flowers, noses will wrinkle at other smells.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It shouldn't, but the reality is we are a permanent press, wrinkle-free culture.
From the newsobserver.com
His two-handed backhands steam-pressed every topspin wrinkle Nadal sent his way.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Another wrinkle affects families whose income drops to zero because of job loss.
From the newsobserver.com
When nerves to the fingertips are severed, fingers no longer wrinkle underwater.
From the newscientist.com
Again dry cleaner bags can stop clothes rubbing and help them stay wrinkle free.
From the edition.cnn.com
But there's an additional wrinkle that adds weight to the broadcasters'position.
From the latimes.com
The suit sleeve actually fits three suits, and manages to keep them wrinkle-free.
From the time.com
More examples
  • A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
  • Purse: gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips"
  • A minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"
  • Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
  • Furrow: make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow"
  • A clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
  • A wrinkle is a fold, ridge or crease in the skin. Skin wrinkles typically appear as a result of aging processes such as glycation or, temporarily, as the result of prolonged (more than a few minutes) immersion in water. ...
  • (Wrinkles (radio series)) Wrinkles was a radio comedy series produced and broadcast in the United Kingdom by BBC Radio 4 for two series of six episodes each in 1980 and 1981. ...
  • A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface; A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue; A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out; To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles; ...