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tenterhook

tenterhook noun: one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter.

tenterhook: one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter
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Noun

tenterhook (plural tenterhooks)

  1. One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter.

tenterhook meaning in Urdu

tenterhook in Urdu

آنکڑی

Forms of tenterhook

pluraltenterhooks
alternative formtenter-hook
alternative formtenter hook

Origin of tenterhook

From tenter + hook.

Words formed from tenterhook

Questions about tenterhook

What does tenterhook mean?
Tenterhook means one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter.
What is tenterhook in Urdu?
Tenterhook in Urdu is آنکڑی. See Tenterhook meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is tenterhook?
Tenterhook is a noun.
What is the plural of tenterhook?
The plural of tenterhook is tenterhooks.

Words near tenterhook in the dictionary

  1. tenterfields
  2. tenterframe
  3. tenterframes
  4. tenterground
  5. tentergrounds
  6. tenterhook
  7. tenterhooks
  8. tentering
  9. tenterloft
  10. tenterlofts
  11. tenterpost

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tenterhook (page history and authors); tenterhook (Urdu 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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