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Definitions for Clamps

[1] a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
[2] an appliance with opposite sides or parts that may be adjusted or brought closer together to hold or compress something.
[3] one of a pair of movable pieces, made of lead or other soft material, for covering the jaws of a vise and enabling it to grasp without bruising.
[4] Also called clamp rail . Carpentry . a rail having a groove or a number of mortises for receiving the ends of a number of boards to bind them into a flat piece, as a drawing board or door.
[5] Nautical . a horizontal timber in a wooden hull, secured to ribs to support deck beams and to provide longitudinal strength. mast clamp.
[6] to fasten with or fix in a clamp.
[7] clamp down , to become more strict: There were too many tax loopholes, so the government clamped down.
[8] clamp down on , to impose or increase controls on.
[9] a mechanical device with movable jaws with which an object can be secured to a bench or with which two objects may be secured together
[10] See also wheel clamp
[11] a means by which a fixed joint may be strengthened
[12] nautical a horizontal beam fastened to the ribs for supporting the deck beams in a wooden vessel
[13] to fix or fasten with or as if with a clamp
[14] to immobilize (a car) by means of a wheel clamp
[15] to inflict or impose forcefully they clamped a curfew on the town
[16] a mound formed out of a harvested root crop, covered with straw and earth to protect it from winter weather
[17] a pile of bricks ready for processing in a furnace
[18] (tr) to enclose (a harvested root crop) in a mound

Words related to Clamps

clampimpose, clench, grip, snap, nipper, lock, vice, catch, bracket, press, hold, clasp, fix, clinch, brace, secure

Words nearby Clamps

clampclambering, clammy, clamor, clamorous, clamour, clamp, clamp down, clamp down on, clamp forceps, clampdown, clamper

Origin of Clamps

1350–1400; Middle English (noun) < Middle Dutch clampe clamp, cleat; cognate with Middle Low German klampe

Other words from Clamps

un·clamped , adjective

Word origin for Clamps

C16: from Middle Dutch klamp heap; related to clump

Synonyms for Clamps

bracket, catch, clasp, grip, hold, lock, nipper, press, snap, vice