TENTER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tenter" is a kind of...):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)

Meronyms (parts of "tenter"):

tenterhook (one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter)

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