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tenterhook
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tenterhook has 1 sense
- tenterhook(n = noun.artifact) Array - one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter; Array is a kind of claw, hook
is a part of tenter
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tenterhook, n. any of the hooks to which cloth is fastened on a tenter.
Idiom
on tenterhooks in a state of suspense or mental agitation due to uncertainty.
ROGET THESAURUS
tenterhook
Pendency
N pendency, dependency, suspension, hanging, pedicel, pedicle, peduncle, tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, pony tail, pendulum, hangnail peg, knob, button, hook, nail, stud, ring, staple, tenterhook, fastening, spar, horse, pendent, pendulous, pensile, hanging, beetling, jutting over, overhanging, projecting, dependent, suspended, loose, flowing, having a peduncle, pedunculate, tailed, caudate.
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