chiavistello — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bolt noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
- latch noun A simple fastening for a door or gate, worked by a bar or lever.
- lock noun A device that fastens something shut, opened only with a key, code, or similar means.
- slot noun A narrow opening or groove designed to fit something into, or an assigned place in a schedule or sequence.
Senses
chiavistello is used for these senses in English:
- bolt A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- bolt A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- latch A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
- lock Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
- lock A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
- slot (Scotland, Northern England) An implement for barring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.
bolt — full definition
- noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
- noun A sliding bar used to lock a door.
- noun A flash of lightning.
- verb To run away suddenly, or move very fast.
- verb To fasten something with a bolt, or to lock a door with a bolt.
latch — full definition
- noun A simple fastening for a door or gate, worked by a bar or lever.
- verb To fasten or close something with a latch.
- verb To grab onto or fix firmly onto something, often figuratively.