Dictionary Entry
latch
latch is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To smear; to anoint. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To smear; to anoint.
- 2noun
That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
- 3noun
A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted.
- 4noun
A latching.
- 5noun
A crossbow.
- 6noun
To catch so as to hold.
- 7noun
To catch or fasten by means of a latch.
- 8noun
catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove
- 9noun
spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key
- 10verb
fasten with a latch
"latch the door"
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