detents

Meaning of detents

noun

That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.

Information about detents

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of detents is: detent.
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Hyphenation of detents

de-tents

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • detents is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of detents

stented

Words that rhyme with detents

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