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rivet
noun as in bolt
noun as in fastener
verb as in absorb
verb as in affix
verb as in attach
verb as in bury
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verb as in clinch
verb as in concentrate
Strong matches
verb as in enthrall
verb as in establish
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verb as in fascinate
Strongest matches
verb as in fasten
Strong matches
verb as in fix
verb as in focus
verb as in grip
verb as in infix
verb as in intrigue
verb as in involve
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verb as in ogle
verb as in pin on
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verb as in put
verb as in rubberneck
verb as in secure
verb as in spellbind
verb as in stare
verb as in subjoin
verb as in tie
Example Sentences
Driving the gold-plated rivet into steel, Charles Hayden, Class of 1890, marked a new phase for New York City’s storied Waldorf Astoria hotel.
“In driving this rivet, I feel that I am driving home the fact that the tangible realization of a wonderful dream is underway,” Hayden said in the New York Times.
Unlike your snow boots, the Kindersleys are easy to dress up, what with their classy dark-brown leather, sharp-looking metal rivets, striped red laces, and pebbled outsoles.
It turned out really ugly—it ended up lumpy and the rivets were completely smashed, but I don’t regret doing it.
He looked at the thin sheet of metal ringed by rivet holes and he knew instantly what it was his wife had chanced upon.
The U.S. European Command relies primarily upon the RC-135 Rivet Joint to vacuum up electronic communications from Russia.
“Nonsense,” muttered Hawberk, searching on the floor for a fallen rivet.
Looked at in closeup, it reveals a row of popped rivets, with one rivet still partially stuck in place.
She came with an easy smile into the little group, and immediately her magnetic presence seemed to rivet all attention.
With medium or moderately hard steel all rivet holes should be drilled, or punched ⅛ in.
This process of forming the second head on the rivet is known as riveting, and may be done by hand-hammering or by a machine.
The conical head has a diameter twice and a height three quarters of the rivet diameter.
The greatest diameter of the pan head is about 1·6, and its height ·7 of the rivet diameter.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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