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TENTERHOOK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tenterhook" is a kind of...):
claw; hook (a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something)
Holonyms ("tenterhook" is a part of...):
tenter (a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth)
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