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carabiners

carabiners is the plural of carabiner.

Meaning of carabiner

Noun

carabiner (plural carabiners)

  1. A metal link with a gate that can open and close, generally used for clipping ropes to anchors or other objects or for slinging gear (equipment) on one's person.
    • A carrabeener (metal clasp used in rock climbing) inside the pipes was devised as a release out, a tactic lent to them by Greenpeace.1992 February 2, Jen Wofford, “Activists Protest Price of AIDS Drug”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 28, page 5
    Synonyms:
    biner, crab, krab, snap-link

Questions about carabiners

What is carabiners the plural of?
Carabiners is the plural of carabiner.

Words near carabiners in the dictionary

  1. carabineer
  2. carabineers
  3. carabiner
  4. carabinero
  5. carabineros
  6. carabiners
  7. carabines
  8. carabinier
  9. carabiniere
  10. carabinieri
  11. carabiniers

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