TENTERHOOK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tenterhook mean? 

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

1. one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TENTERHOOK (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)