breech vs collateral

breech

noun
  • The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat. 

  • The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber. 

  • A breech birth. 

  • A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. 

adj
  • Born, or having been born, breech. 

verb
  • To fit or furnish with a breech. 

  • To fasten with breeching. 

adv
  • With the hips coming out before the head. 

collateral

noun
  • A branch of a bodily part or system of organs. 

  • Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material). 

  • A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay. 

  • A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded. 

adj
  • Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan. 

  • Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency. 

  • Acting in an indirect way. 

  • Parallel, along the same vein, side by side. 

  • Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal. 

  • Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security. 

  • Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant. 

  • Having the phloem and xylem adjacent. 

  • Coming or directed along the side. 

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