cleat

Speech parts

1. cleat - Noun

2. cleat - Verb

Meaning

A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.

A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

provide supply secure strip render projection

Hyponyms

calk calkin

Phrases with the word

belaying cleat

Anagrams

catel eclat ectal CELTA Cleta ALTEC

Examples

cleat a line Source: Internet

cleat running shoes for better traction Source: Internet

The word cleat comes from the American terminology and it really took off. Source: Internet

Jim switches to a longer lens to make things shakier, then grabs a paintbrush and climbs up to the bow and starts painting a few delicate rust streaks on the forward cleat. Source: Internet

The APA board agreed to let Harrison use ABL money for CLEAT business, reasoning that the association benefits when CLEAT is operating on all cylinders. Source: Internet

Fields had to stay in Green Bay after puncturing his lung on a wide receiver’s cleat. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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