rivets
Meaning of rivets
plural noun
- a short metal pin or bolt for holding together two plates of metal, its headless end being beaten out or pressed down when in place.
a rectangular plate containing an iron rivet
a device for punching rivet holes
- join or fasten (plates of metal) with a rivet or rivets.
the linings are bonded, not riveted, to the brake shoes for longer wear
the riveted plates of the floor
- hold (someone or something) fast so as to make them incapable of movement.
the grip on her arm was firm enough to rivet her to the spot
Middle English: from Old French, from river ‘fix, clinch’, of unknown ultimate origin.
Information about rivets
- The singular form of rivets is: rivet.
- Languages in which rivets is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of rivets
riv-ets
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- rivets is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
rivets synonyms
Meaning fastened securely in position:
Meaning exhausted; worn out:
Meaning past participle of freeze:
Meaning not moving; stationary:
Meaning not moving; still:
Meaning not moving; motionless:
Anagrams of rivets
stiver, strive, trevis, verist
Words that rhyme with rivets
vets, Tevets, brevets, chevets, evets, revets, trevets, blivets, civets, grivets, minivets, olivets, privets, swivets, trivets, unrivets, velvets, Bezpopovets, Cherepovets, Popovets, berkovets, covets, grovets, corvets, curvets, vervets, duvets
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