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TIEBACK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tieback mean?
• TIEBACK (noun)
The noun TIEBACK has 1 sense:
1. a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
Familiarity information: TIEBACK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
pullback; tieback
Context example:
the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks
Hypernyms ("tieback" is a kind of...):
holding device (a device for holding something)
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