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aldrop

aldrop noun: a type of bolt with a sliding shaft often found on doors.

aldrop: a type of bolt with a sliding shaft often found on doors
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Noun

aldrop (plural aldrops)

  1. (India) A type of bolt with a sliding shaft often found on doors.
    • Take lavatory door in a bath room. We normally provide aldrop from outside to keep it closed when not in use.1969, Institution of Surveyors (India), Journal - Volume 10, page 28
    • For aldrop complement centre hole punching the work-piece is held by hand on a supporting block under the fly press.1970, India. Development Commissioner, Small Scale Industries, Report, page 334

Examples of aldrop in a sentence

  • I had seen yesterday in Room no. 3 that the door had just a cheap aldrop on the inside.2021, Madan Lal, A Homeland For Your Children:
  • As they inched closer, they could see the twelve-inch stainless steel Aldrop lock on the door.2022, Nihal Ahmed, The Rogue Professor of Bangalore Metropolitan College:

Forms of aldrop

pluralaldrops

Questions about aldrop

What does aldrop mean?
Aldrop means a type of bolt with a sliding shaft often found on doors.
How do you use aldrop in a sentence?
I had seen yesterday in Room no. 3 that the door had just a cheap aldrop on the inside.
What part of speech is aldrop?
Aldrop is a noun.
What is the plural of aldrop?
The plural of aldrop is aldrops.

Words near aldrop in the dictionary

  1. Aldrin cyclers
  2. Aldringham
  3. Aldringham cum Thorpe
  4. Aldrington
  5. aldrins
  6. aldrop
  7. aldrops
  8. ALDS
  9. alduronic
  10. Aldus
  11. Aldwarke

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