tenter
Meaning of tenter
noun
a framework on which fabric can be held taut for drying or other treatment during manufacture.
Middle English: from medieval Latin tentorium, from tent- ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere .
noun
a person in charge of something, especially of machinery in a factory.
early 19th century: from Scots and northern English dialect tent ‘pay attention’, apparently from Middle English attent ‘heed’.
Information about tenter
- It is a name.
- The plural form of tenter is: tenters.
- Languages in which tenter is used:
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Hyphenation of tenter
ten-ter
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- tenter is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of tenter
Words that rhyme with tenter
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