UNLATCHED

unbarred, unbolted, unlatched, unlocked, unsecured

(adjective) not firmly fastened or secured; “an unbarred door”; “went through the unlatched gate into the street”; “an unlocked room”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

unlatched (not comparable)

Of a gate, etc, not latched, or that has been unlatched.

Verb

unlatched

simple past tense and past participle of unlatch

Source: Wiktionary


UNLATCH

Un*latch", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Unlatched; p. pr. & vb. n. Unlatching.] Etym: [1st un- + latch.]

Definition: To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

4 April 2025

GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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