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latch
idiom
1. On to To get hold of; obtain: latched on to a fortune in the fur trade.
noun
1. A fastening, as for a door or gate, typically consisting of a bar that fits into a notch or slot and is lifted from either side by a lever or string.
2. A spring lock, as for a door, that is opened from the outside by a key.
3. any of various devices in which mating mechanical parts engage to fasten but usually not to lock something.
4. A fastener (as for a door) consisting essentially of a pivoted bar that falls into a notch.
5. A fastener (as for a door) in which a spring slides a bolt into a hole.
verb
1. To lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms .
2. To associate oneself intimately and often artfully .
3. To make fast with or as if with a latch.
verb-intransitive
1. To have or be closed with a latch.
2. To shut tightly so that the latch is engaged: a door too warped to latch.
verb-transitive
1. To close or lock with or as if with a latch.
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Top Words by points |
Points |
Word Game |
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latch | 10 |
Scrabble |
2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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al | 2 |
ta | 2 |
la | 2 |
ha | 5 |
at | 2 |
ah | 5 |
3 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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alt | 3 |
cat | 5 |
act | 5 |
hat | 6 |
lac | 5 |
lah | 6 |
lat | 3 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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chat | 9 |
halt | 7 |
lath | 7 |
tach | 9 |
talc | 6 |
cath | 9 |
5 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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latch | 10 |