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tenterhooks

tenterhooks is the plural of tenterhook.

Meaning of tenterhook

Noun

tenterhook (plural tenterhooks)

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

Words formed from tenterhooks

Phrases with tenterhooks

Questions about tenterhooks

What is tenterhooks the plural of?
Tenterhooks is the plural of tenterhook.

Words near tenterhooks in the dictionary

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

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