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karabiner

karabiner is the alternative spelling of carabiner.

Meaning of carabiner

Noun

carabiner (plural carabiners)

  1. A metal link with a gate that can open and close, generally used for clipping ropes to anchors or other objects or for slinging gear (equipment) on one's person.
    • A carrabeener (metal clasp used in rock climbing) inside the pipes was devised as a release out, a tactic lent to them by Greenpeace.1992 February 2, Jen Wofford, “Activists Protest Price of AIDS Drug”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 28, page 5
    Synonyms:
    biner, crab, krab, snap-link

Forms of karabiner

pluralkarabiners

Questions about karabiner

What is karabiner the alternative spelling of?
Karabiner is the alternative spelling of carabiner.

Words near karabiner in the dictionary

  1. Karabakhian
  2. Karabakhians
  3. Karabar
  4. karabe
  5. Karabeal
  6. karabiner
  7. karabiners
  8. Karabulak
  9. karaburan
  10. Karabük
  11. Karachai

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Adapted from Wiktionary: karabiner (page history and authors); carabiner (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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