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He prefers plain food - nothing too fancy.; She wore a plain black dress; plain yogurt (= with no added fruit or sugar); Do you prefer plain or striped shirts?; a plain gold ring with no ornamentation;

The food is pretty plain (= prepared simply and without strong flavors), but there’s lots of it.

a letter written on plain paper

It's quite plain that they don't want to speak to us.; I made it quite plain (that) (= explained clearly that) I wasn't interested.

High mountains rise above the plain

It was plain stupidity on Richard's part; I mean, taking the wrong equipment with you - that's just plain stupid.

There were police in plain clothes in the crowd.; plain-clothes police officers/detectives; The square is filled with uniformed and plain-clothes security officials; There will be more undercover and plain-clothes law enforcement agents than in past years

a coastal town; Accumulations of sand can be formed by the action of waves on coastal beaches; St Lucia depends on its clean coastal waters because fishing and tourism provide much of its income.; coastal communities

You could always sew a frill or two around the bottom of the skirt if you think it's too plain.

a cheap, no frills airline; The frills on that car are nice, but except for air-conditioning, I don’t want them.

She was dressed very soberly in a plain grey suit.; I make that comment very soberly and strongly.; They told me soberly that they were prepared for pit closures as a consequence of the strike.

He's not happy here - that's as plain as the nose on your face.

I folded the letter (in half) and put it in an envelope.; He had a neatly folded handkerchief in his jacket pocket.; Will you help me to fold (up) the sheets?; Just fold this piece of paper back, so, and make a crease here.

He took his clothes out of the dryer and carefully folded them.; She folded up the map and put it back in her bag.; The tray table folds up so that it fits in a closet.

She folded her baby in a blanket.; He folded his arms around her.

Make a fold across the centre of the card; If you just make folds along the dotted lines, you can seal it and mail it as an envelope.

Her children are all away at college now, but they always return to the fold during the holidays.

He folded his arms across his chest.

Many small businesses fold within the first year; The company folded after four years, having made heavy losses.

He ironed a crease down the front of each trouser leg.;

The seat belt has creased my blouse.; It's a nice dress, but it creases very easily.

The package had been badly crushed in the post.; Add three cloves of crushed garlic.

Try not to crush your jacket on the journey - hang it up in the back of the car.

I had to struggle through the crush to get to the door; You can come in our car, but it'll be a bit of a crush (= there will be a lot of people in it).; I can’t stand the crush of holiday shoppers at the mall.

The look on his face just creased me up.

She was carrying a tray of drinks.

First rub the baking tray well with butter.

He was sick of being the butt of their jokes.

They struck him with their rifle butts.

He kept on butting in with silly comments; Sorry to butt in on you like this, but there’s an important call.

This is none of your business, so butt out.

Today I am going to make a cornflake, coconut and chocolate traybake.

The country's most valuable commodities include tin and diamonds; In tin mining today, workers excavate tunnels horizontally from a vertical shaft.

I've found a tin of beans. So far so good, but where is the opener?

a biscuit tin

a tin of paint

Put both cake tins in the oven for half an hour.

The goal is to raise the productivity of basic food commodities such as grains.; Exports of primary commodities and the import of finished products are not favourable for any country

One big commodity that Canada exports is oil.

Water is a very scarce commodity in the region.; Fluency in Arabic is a valuable commodity in a job market desperate for Arabic translators.

bus/train/rail, etc. fare; Please tender the exact fare.; How much is the fare to Brussels?

Middle Eastern fare

Middle-income families will fare better/worse under the new tax laws.