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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

tenterhook en · NOUN

Etymology

From tenter + hook.

Meanings

  1. One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter.

Forms

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tenter hook alternative lexicographic
tenter-hook alternative lexicographic
tenterhooks Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

on tenterhooks

Translations (3)

hu feszítőkampó (one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter) · de Spannhaken (one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter) · hu feszítőhorog (one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter)