Wrinkle (Noun)
Meaning 1
A minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The new policy had a few wrinkles that needed to be worked out before it could be implemented effectively.
- After some trial runs, they were able to iron out the wrinkles in the system and it's working smoothly now.
- The project was supposed to start last month, but they're still trying to smooth out some wrinkles with the funding.
- It took some time to resolve the wrinkles in the contract, but all parties were satisfied with the outcome.
- The new employee had a few wrinkles to iron out, but he was doing a great job for his first week.
Meaning 2
A clever method of doing something (especially something new and different).
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Meaning 3
A slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles".
Classification
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes.
Synonyms
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Hyponyms
- Life Line
- Crow's Feet
- Lifeline
- Line Of Destiny
- Laugh Line
- Line Of Saturn
- Heart Line
- Mensal Line
- Love Line