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

1. transitive verb. To smear; to anoint.
2. noun. That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. A latching.
5. noun. A crossbow.
6. noun. To catch so as to hold.
7. noun. To catch or fasten by means of a latch.
8. noun. catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove
9. noun. spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key
10. verb. fasten with a latch

    "latch the door"

Common word forms

latched, latcher, latches, latching, latchless

Words from these letters

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