TENTER
Dictionary entry overview: What does tenter mean? • TENTER (noun)
The noun TENTER has 1 sense:
1. a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth
Familiarity information: TENTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TENTER (noun)
Meaning:
A framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tenter" is a kind of...):
frame; framework; framing (a structure supporting or containing something)
Meronyms (parts of "tenter"):
tenterhook (one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter)
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