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spring hook

spring hook noun: an angler's snap-hook or spear-hook.

Noun

spring hook (plural spring hooks)

  1. An angler's snap-hook or spear-hook.
  2. A latch or door-hook with a spring-catch for keeping it fast in the staple.
  3. (locomotive engines) One of the hooks which fix the driving-wheel spring to the frame.

spring hook meaning in Tamil

spring hook in Tamil

வில் கொக்கி

Forms of spring hook

pluralspring hooks

Questions about spring hook

What does spring hook mean?
Spring hook means an angler's snap-hook or spear-hook.
What is spring hook in Tamil?
Spring hook in Tamil is வில் கொக்கி. See Spring hook meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spring hook?
Spring hook is a noun.
What is the plural of spring hook?
The plural of spring hook is spring hooks.

Words near spring hook in the dictionary

  1. spring hammers
  2. spring has sprung
  3. spring heel
  4. spring heels
  5. Spring Hill
  6. spring hook
  7. spring hooks
  8. spring horse
  9. spring horses
  10. spring house
  11. spring houses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spring hook (page history and authors); spring hook (Tamil 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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