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crampon

/ˈkɹæmpɑn/

crampon noun: an attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.

crampon: an attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking...
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Noun

crampon (plural crampons)

  1. An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
  2. An aerial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
  3. A heraldic figure in the form of a bar bent at the ends into the form of a hook.

Verb

crampon (third-person singular simple present crampons, present participle cramponing or (uncommon, exclusively UK) cramponning, simple past and past participle cramponed or (uncommon, exclusively UK) cramponned)

  1. To walk or climb using crampons.

crampon meaning in Tamil and Kannada

crampon in Tamil

கனப்பொருள் பிடிப்பி, உலோகத்தாலான கொக்கி, மலையேறு மிதியடி

crampon in Kannada

attachment to a shoe used for climbing or walking on ice
ಕೊಕ್ಕೆಯೆತ್ತಿಗೆ kokkeyettige

Synonyms of crampon

Forms of crampon

Noun
pluralcrampons
Verb
third-person singular presentcrampons
present participlecramponing
present participle UK error-unknown-tag uncommoncramponning
past participlecramponed
pastcramponed
past participle UK error-unknown-tag uncommoncramponned
past UK error-unknown-tag uncommoncramponned

Origin of crampon

Borrowed from French crampon.

Words that rhyme with crampon

Questions about crampon

What does crampon mean?
Crampon means an attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
What is crampon in Tamil?
Crampon in Tamil is கனப்பொருள் பிடிப்பி, உலோகத்தாலான கொக்கி, மலையேறு மிதியடி. See Crampon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is crampon?
Crampon can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce crampon?
Crampon is pronounced /ˈkɹæmpɑn/.
What is the plural of crampon?
The plural of crampon is crampons.

Words near crampon in the dictionary

  1. crampings
  2. crampish
  3. crampit
  4. crampits
  5. cramplike
  6. crampon
  7. cramponed
  8. cramponee
  9. cramponing
  10. cramponned
  11. cramponning

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: crampon (page history and authors); crampon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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