sillon

Definitions of sillon
  1. noun
    a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
    synonyms: rainure
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    types:
    cannelure
    a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
    rainure
    a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
    type of:
    bosse, empreinte, enfoncement
    a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
  2. noun
    a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow)
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    types:
    fente
    a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
    type of:
    fossé, rigole
    any long ditch cut in the ground
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