linchpins
Meaning of linchpins
plural noun
- a person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization.
nurses are the linchpin of the National Health Service
- a pin passed through the end of an axle to keep a wheel in position.
late Middle English: from Old English lynis (in the sense ‘linchpin’) + pin.
Information about linchpins
- It is a name.
- The singular form of linchpins is: linchpin.
- Languages in which linchpins is used:
(Press the button to hear it)
Hyphenation of linchpins
linch-pins
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- linchpins is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with linchpins
pins, chincapins, chinkapins, chinquapins, jalapins, lapins, terrapins, endpins, headpins, candlepins, fivepins, kittlepins, ninepins, repins, tholepins, tiepins, scarfpins, kingpins, inchpins, lynchpins, pushpins, thoroughpins, cardiolipins, lipins, crankpins, duckpins, stickpins, scalpins, sculpins, skulpins, rifampins, tenpins, unpins, adrenocorticotropins, atropins, chopins, corticotropins, galopins, gonadotropins, heliotropins, lipotropins, luteotropins, melanotropins, menotropins, somatotropins, thyrotropins, tropins, Coppins, Poppins, coppins
Are you looking more rhymes for linchpins? Try our rhymes search engine.