tenter

tenter is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 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 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
2. noun. A kind of governor.
3. noun. A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.
4. intransitive verb. To admit extension.
5. transitive verb. To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.
6. noun. a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tenter:

netter, retent

Common word forms

tenters, tentered, tenterer, tentering

Words from these letters

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