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They Are Bound To Be Shocks Crossword Clue
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We've checked our database and believe the answer is
SHEAVES which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
SHEAVES
Updated: October 14, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "SHEAVES" which means:
- noun
- • A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
- • Any collection of things bound together; a bundle.
- • A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.
- • A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.
- • A sheave.
- • An abstract construct in topology that associates data to the open sets of a topological space, together with well-defined restrictions from larger to smaller open sets, subject to the condition that compatible data on overlapping open sets corresponds, via the restrictions, to a unique datum on the union of the open sets.
- • A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.
- • A sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The farmers bundled the wheat into sheaves to transport them."
- • "He stacked the sheaves of hay in the barn."
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| The Guardian Cryptic30 Jun 2014 | Down 4 | |
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