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We found 21 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word tenterhook: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "tenterhook" is defined. General (18 matching dictionaries) tenterhook: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info] tenterhook: Collins English Dictionary [home, info] tenterhook: Vocabulary.com [home, info] tenterhook: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info] tenterhook: Wiktionary [home, info] tenterhook: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info] tenterhook: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info] tenterhook: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info] tenterhook: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info] tenterhook: Dictionary.com [home, info] tenterhook: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info] Tenterhook: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info] tenterhook: Rhymezone [home, info] tenterhook: Free Dictionary [home, info] tenterhook: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info] tenterhook: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info] tenterhook: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info] tenterhook: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info] Computing (1 matching dictionary) tenterhook: Encyclopedia [home, info] Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary) tenterhook: Idioms [home, info] Science (1 matching dictionary) tenterhook: Archaeology Wordsmith [home, info]

Quick definitions from WordNet (tenterhook) ▸ noun:  one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter