TENTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tenter mean? 

• TENTER (noun)
  The noun TENTER has 1 sense:

1. a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth

  Familiarity information: TENTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TENTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tenter" is a kind of...):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)

Meronyms (parts of "tenter"):

tenterhook (one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter)