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

5 June 2025

UNDERLAY

(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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