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fingerguard

fingerguard noun: any device or mechanism designed to prevent the fingers becoming trapped or injured, as in a closing door or a machine.

Noun

fingerguard (plural fingerguards)

  1. Any device or mechanism designed to prevent the fingers becoming trapped or injured, as in a closing door or a machine.

Forms of fingerguard

pluralfingerguards
alternative formfinger guard

Origin of fingerguard

From finger + guard.

Questions about fingerguard

What does fingerguard mean?
Fingerguard means any device or mechanism designed to prevent the fingers becoming trapped or injured, as in a closing door or a machine.
What part of speech is fingerguard?
Fingerguard is a noun.
What is the plural of fingerguard?
The plural of fingerguard is fingerguards.

Words near fingerguard in the dictionary

  1. fingerfucks
  2. fingerful
  3. fingerfuls
  4. Fingergate
  5. fingergrass
  6. fingerguard
  7. fingerguards
  8. fingerhold
  9. fingerholds
  10. fingerhole
  11. fingerholes

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