tenterhook | Amarkosh

Meaning of word tenterhook from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : One of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter.

rusticity (noun)
The quality of being rustic or gauche.

angler fish (noun)
Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.

astana (noun)
Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.

sunk fence (noun)
A ditch with one side being a retaining wall. Used to divide lands without defacing the landscape.

defloration (noun)
An act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something.

get stuck (verb)
Be unable to move further.

inversely (adverb)
In an inverse or contrary manner.

nepalese (noun)
A native or inhabitant of Nepal.

unmatched (adjective)
Of the remaining member of a pair.

make (noun)
A recognizable kind.