cotter

cotter is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Alt. of Cottar. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Alt. of Cottar
2. noun. A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key.
3. noun. A toggle.
4. transitive verb. To fasten with a cotter.
5. noun. fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together

   Synonyms: cottar

6. noun. a medieval English villein

   Synonyms: cottier

7. noun. a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands

   Synonyms: cottar

Synonyms

cottar, cottier

Common word forms

cotters, cottered, cottering

Words from these letters

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