rivet
/ˈɹɪvət/
rivet noun: a cylindrical mechanical fastener which is supplied with a factory head at one end and is used to attach multiple parts together by passing its bucktail through a hole and upsetting its end to form a field head.
Noun
rivet (plural rivets)
- A cylindrical mechanical fastener which is supplied with a factory head at one end and is used to attach multiple parts together by passing its bucktail through a hole and upsetting its end to form a field head.
- Any fixed point or certain basis.
- A light kind of footman's plate armour; an almain rivet.
- over his rivet he had a garment of white cloth of gold with a redde crossea. 1548 (date written), Edward Hall, Richard Grafton, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, […], London: […] Richardi...
- In 1579 it is mentioned that Almain rivets are now out of use, and in lieu of them a corselett shall be found. The rivets varied in cost; in 1509 they were to be had for 8s., in 1512 they were imported at 16s., and again in 1513 […]1903, The Archaeological Journal, page 105
Verb
rivet (third-person singular simple present rivets, present participle riveting or (especially UK) rivetting, simple past and past participle riveted or (especially UK) rivetted)
Proper noun capitalized: Rivet
Rivet (plural Rivets)
- A surname from French.
rivet meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
rivet in Tamil
- குடையாணி, தறை ஆணி, கடாவி, தறைதல், தறையாணி, அறையாணி
rivet in Urdu
- rivet
- کیل kīl
rivet in Bengali
- স্থির করা, মনোযোগ আকর্ষণ করা
rivet in Telugu
- a rivet
- ఉట్టిచీల uṭṭicīla, తిరుగుడు tiruguḍu
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- rivet in Malayalam
- മടക്കാണി, തറയാണി, വിളക്കാണി, കീലം
- rivet in Kannada
- ಕಟಿಮೊಳೆ, ರಿವೆಟ್ ಮೊಳೆ, ಮುಕ್ಕಾಲಿ, ಕಟಿ ಮೊಳೆ ಬಿಗಿಸು
- rivet in Tagalog
- rematse, rimatse
- rivet in Arabic
- بِرْشَام biršām
- rivet in Persian
- پرچ parč
- rivet in Thai
- หมุดย้ำ mùt yáam
- rivet in Vietnamese
- ri vê
Examples of rivet in a sentence
- Plain morions with riveted rims, none of your apprentice piece Spanish combs.
- When self-flattery is turned up high it gets your adrenaline pumping, it rivets your attention.
- They are, as it were, pachydermal rivets, holding fast the compromised fabric of this futile, unbolted, realm.
Forms of rivet
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rivets |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rivets |
| present participle | riveting |
| present participle UK especially | rivetting |
| past participle | riveted |
| past | riveted |
| past participle UK especially | rivetted |
| past UK especially | rivetted |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Rivets |
| alternative form | Rivest |
Origin of rivet
From Old French rivet (13th century), from the verb Old French river (“to fetter [a person]”) (12th century), from Old French rive (“rim, edge”) (ca. 1100), which is ultimately from Latin ripa (“riverbank”). Compare river, rival, riparian. The sense "kind of footman's armour" is apparently a back-formation from almain rivet, which is apparently derived from the English noun; see that entry for more.
Borrowed from French Rivet.
Words formed from rivet
Phrases with rivet
Words that rhyme with rivet
Questions about rivet
- What does rivet mean?
- Rivet means a cylindrical mechanical fastener which is supplied with a factory head at one end and is used to attach multiple parts together by passing its bucktail through a hole and upsetting its end to form a field head.
- What is rivet in Tamil?
- Rivet in Tamil is குடையாணி, தறை ஆணி, கடாவி. See Rivet meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rivet?
- Rivet can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce rivet?
- Rivet is pronounced /ˈɹɪvət/.
- What is the plural of rivet?
- The plural of rivet is rivets.
Words near rivet in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rivet (page history and authors); Rivet (page history and authors); rivet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); کیل (Urdu) (page history and authors); rivet (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఉట్టిచీల (Telugu) (page history and authors); rivet (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rivet (Kannada 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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