cleats
/kliːts/
cleats is the plural of cleat.
cleats is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cleat.
Meaning of cleat
Noun
cleat (plural cleats)
- A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
- [...] the people of that island erected lofty spars along the seacoast, to which the look-outs ascended by means of nailed cleats, something as fowls go upstairs in a hen-house.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 35”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
- A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
- A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.
- A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe or wheel meant for better traction.
- Near-synonym: calk
- Synonyms:
- calk
- An athletic shoe equipped with cleats.
- He needs to put on five pieces of gear: his helmet, left glove, right glove, left cleat, and right cleat.2020, Allyssa Loya, Sporty Bugs and Errors, page 26
Noun
cleats pl (plural only)
- A pair of athletic shoes equipped with cleats.
Synonyms of cleats
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Questions about cleats
- What does cleats mean?
- Cleats means a pair of athletic shoes equipped with cleats.
- What is cleats the plural of?
- Cleats is the plural of cleat.
- What part of speech is cleats?
- Cleats is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cleats?
- Cleats is pronounced /kliːts/.
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