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rope
noun /rəʊp/
/roʊp/ Definition
B2 [C or U] (a piece of) strong, thick string made of long twisted threads: A sailor threw a rope ashore and we tied the boat to a post. a coil of ropeCords, ropes, cables and string › [C] several of one type of object connected together on a string: a rope of garlic a rope of pearlsThings collected in lines or rings the ropes [plural] › thick rope which surrounds an area used for boxing (= sport in which two people hit each other) or wrestling: The middleweight boxing champion had his opponent up against the ropes.Boxing
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