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fulcrums

fulcrums is the plural of fulcrum.

Meaning of fulcrum

Noun

fulcrum (plural fulcrums or fulcra)

  1. The support about which a lever pivots.
    • It is possible to flick food across the table using your fork as a lever and your finger as a fulcrum.
  2. (figuratively) A crux or pivot; a central point.
    • By this point the fulcrum of concern is the stuprum of men upon men, described as more prevalent than that upon women.2006, Rebecca Langlands, Sexual Morality in Ancient Rome, page 119

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Synonyms of fulcrums

Questions about fulcrums

What is fulcrums the plural of?
Fulcrums is the plural of fulcrum.

Words near fulcrums in the dictionary

  1. Fulcos
  2. fulcra
  3. fulcral
  4. fulcrate
  5. fulcrum
  6. fulcrums
  7. Fulda
  8. Fuldan
  9. Fuldans
  10. fule
  11. fules

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