Word Meaning

clamps definition and meaning

n. Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
n. An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.
n. A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.
n. One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising.
n. A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
n. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
n. A mollusk. See Clam.
v. t. To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
v. t. To cover, as vegetables, with earth.
n. A heavy footstep; a tramp.
v. i. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.

Crossword clues for clamps

- bracing machine
- Car lock
- Fasten tightly
- Fix firmly
- Grasp firmly
- Grip firmly
- Gripping device
- Gripping tool
- Hold firmly
- Holding tool
- Shellfish and pea could be seen as a vice
- Vice
- Workbench vice
- Applauds admission of a thousand vices