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Clamp   Listen
noun
Clamp  n.  
1.
Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
2.
(a)
An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.
(b)
(Joinery) A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.
3.
One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising.
4.
(Shipbuilding) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
5.
A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
6.
A mollusk. See Clam. (Obs.)
Clamp nails, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.





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"Clamp" Quotes from Famous Books



... off and gathered Bond's report together. For a few seconds, he looked at the neat stack of paper, then he slipped a paper clamp on it and ...
— Final Weapon • Everett B. Cole
... possible, though risky. A large gutter pipe ran up the whole height of the house; it was fastened to the wall by projecting clamp-hooks of solid iron. For an agile man this was simply a staircase. Bobinette was aware of this. In the course of her adventurous life, she had been initiated into all sorts of tricks and stratagems; she was practiced in every form of gymnastic exercise. Vagualame ...
— A Nest of Spies • Pierre Souvestre
... screw-on arrangement and have a clamp instead, that can be pressed down by the foot. A clamp with teeth to give a better grip, and adjustable to ...
— Wanderers • Knut Hamsun
... something," he said slowly. "When that maintenance crew was working around your machine, did they have a gravito clamp!" ...
— Alarm Clock • Everett B. Cole


Words linked to "Clamp" :   press, visit, C-clamp, pipe vise, clinch, inflict, secure, bring down, fix, holding device, pipe clamp, bench clamp, clamp down, impose, cramp, fasten


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