trammel

trammel is a 7-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
2. noun. A net for confining a woman's hair.
3. noun. A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
4. noun. Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle.
5. noun. An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire.
6. noun. An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil.
7. noun. A beam compass. See under Beam.
8. transitive verb. To entangle, as in a net; to catch.
9. transitive verb. To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
10. noun. a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

    Synonyms: bond, hamper, shackle

11. noun. a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble
12. noun. an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace
13. noun. a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh
14. verb. place limits on (extent or access)

    "restrict the use of this parking lot"

    "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

    Synonyms: bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle

15. verb. catch in or as if in a trap

    "The men trap foxes"

    Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, snare, trap

Synonyms

bond, hamper, shackle, bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, ensnare, entrap, snare, trap

Common word forms

trammels, trammeled, trammeler, trammeling, trammelled, trammeller, trammelling

Words from these letters

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