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grommet

UK/ˈɡɹɒm.ɪt/US/ˈɡɹɑ.mɪt/

grommet noun: a reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring used to reinforce an eyelet.

grommet: a reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring used to reinforce an eyelet
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Noun

grommet (plural grommets)

  1. A reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring used to reinforce an eyelet.
  2. A ring formed of a single strand of rope, laid in three times round, fastening the upper edge of a sail to its stay.
  3. (flags) An eyelet at the hoist end of a flag, used to fasten the flag to its halyard.
  4. (slang) A young or inexperienced surfer, skateboarder, or snowboarder.
    Synonyms:
    grem, gremlin, gremmie, gremmy
  5. A boy serving on a ship.

Verb

grommet (third-person singular simple present grommets, present participle grommeting, simple past and past participle grommeted)

  1. (transitive) To insert a grommet into.
    • The device takes the form of a guard for the punch presses which are used in grommeting mail bags in the process of manufacture.1923, “American Machinist”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 58, numbers 23-26, page 919
    • There was little point in grommeting the hole, since the wrapping was already as rigid and tough as its invisibility permitted.2007, Wil McCarthy, The Wellstone, page 225
  2. (transitive) To fasten using a grommet.
  3. (intransitive) To apply grommets.

Synonyms of grommet

All synonyms of grommet

Forms of grommet

Noun
pluralgrommets
alternative formgrummet
alternative formgromet
Verb
third-person singular presentgrommets
present participlegrommeting
past participlegrommeted
pastgrommeted

Origin of grommet

From obsolete French gromette (“curb chain”) (modern spelling gourmette).

Words formed from grommet

  • drop grommet
  • edge grommet
  • grommet edging
  • surgical grommet
  • cable grommet
  • grommet press
  • grommet punch

Words that rhyme with grommet

Questions about grommet

What does grommet mean?
Grommet means a reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring used to reinforce an eyelet.
What part of speech is grommet?
Grommet can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce grommet?
Grommet is pronounced /ˈɡɹɒm.ɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of grommet?
The plural of grommet is grommets.

Words near grommet in the dictionary

  1. gromet
  2. gromets
  3. gromiid
  4. gromiids
  5. gromill
  6. grommet
  7. grommeted
  8. grommeting
  9. grommets
  10. Gromov-Witten invariant
  11. Gromov-Witten invariants

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