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charnière — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hinge noun A jointed device that lets a door, lid, or gate swing open and closed.

Senses

charnière is used for these senses in English:

  • hinge A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
  • stamp hinge A small gummed strip of folded glassine paper, used to mount stamps on an album page.

hinge — full definition

  1. noun A jointed device that lets a door, lid, or gate swing open and closed.
  2. noun A key point on which something else depends.
  3. verb To depend entirely on something.

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