TENTERHOOK

tenterhook

(noun) one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tenterhook (plural tenterhooks)

One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter.

Anagrams

• heterokont

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.

coffee icon