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Showing words for TENTER using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Tenter

netter, retent, tenter

5 Letter Words for Tenter

enter, entre, entte, neter, renet, rente, tenet, terne, treen

4 Letter Words for Tenter

entr, erne, eten, neer, neet, nete, reen, reet, rent, rete, teen, teer, teet, tene, tent, tern, tete, tree, tret

3 Letter Words for Tenter

een, eer, ene, ere, ern, ert, nee, net, ree, rte, tee, ten, ter, tet, tnt, trt

Definitions for Tenter

[1] a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
[2] Obsolete . a tenterhook.
[3] to stretch (cloth) on a tenter or tenters.
[4] to be capable of being tentered.
[5] a frame on which cloth is stretched during the manufacturing process in order that it may retain its shape while drying
[6] a person who stretches cloth on a tenter
[7] (tr) to stretch (cloth) on a tenter

Words nearby Tenter

tentacled, tentage, tentation, tentative, tented, tenter, tenterhook, tenterhooks, tenth, tenth amendment, tenth commandment

Origin of Tenter

1300–50; Middle English tente to stretch (< Latin tentus, variant of tēnsus tense1) + -er1; replacing Middle English teyntur, of unclear derivation

Other words from Tenter

un·ten·tered , adjective

Word origin for Tenter

C14: from Medieval Latin tentōrium, from Latin tentus stretched, from tendere to stretch