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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Latch" Definition
noun
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.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A spring lock, as for a door, that is opened from the outside by a key.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
any of various devices in which mating mechanical parts engage to fasten but usually not to lock something.
Source: Merriam-Webster
A fastener (as for a door) consisting essentially of a pivoted bar that falls into a notch.
Source: Merriam-Webster
A fastener (as for a door) in which a spring slides a bolt into a hole.
Source: Merriam-Webster
idiom
On to To get hold of; obtain: latched on to a fortune in the fur trade.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
To close or lock with or as if with a latch.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
To have or be closed with a latch.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To shut tightly so that the latch is engaged: a door too warped to latch.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To associate oneself intimately and often artfully .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To make fast with or as if with a latch.
Source: Merriam-Webster