A wise businessman knows how to clamp down on costs.
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Clamp
//klæmp//
Synonyms for "clamp" (82 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (41)
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8 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
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3 entriesis a
4 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
117 translations across 42 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مَشْبَك noun (woodworking tool)
Armenian
1 entries- սեղմիչ noun (woodworking tool)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qısqac noun (woodworking tool)
Belarusian
2 entries- за́ціск noun (woodworking tool)
- заціска́ч noun (woodworking tool)
Bulgarian
4 entries- закопча́лка noun (woodworking tool)
- ско́ба noun (woodworking tool)
- стя́га noun (woodworking tool)
- притискам verb (to fasten in place or together)
Catalan
2 entries- clamp noun (surgical instrument)
- serjant noun (woodworking tool)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 夾 /夹 noun (woodworking tool)
- 夾具 /夹具 noun (woodworking tool)
- 鉗 /钳 noun (woodworking tool)
- 鉗 /钳 verb (to fasten in place or together)
Czech
2 entries- svěrka noun (woodworking tool)
- připevnit verb (to fasten in place or together)
Danish
1 entries- skruetvinge noun (woodworking tool)
Dutch
2 entries- lijmklem noun (woodworking tool)
- sergeant noun (woodworking tool)
Esperanto
3 entries- krampo noun (woodworking tool)
- krampi verb (to fasten in place or together)
- krampi verb (to hold or grip)
Finnish
2 entries- puristin noun (woodworking tool)
- puristaa verb (to hold or grip)
French
4 entries- serre-joint noun (woodworking tool)
- fixer verb (to fasten in place or together)
- serrer verb (to fasten in place or together)
- serrer verb (to hold or grip)
Georgian
2 entries- მომჭერი noun (woodworking tool)
- ჭახრაკი noun (woodworking tool)
German
4 entries- Chlempi noun (woodworking tool)
- Klammer noun (woodworking tool)
- Klemme noun (woodworking tool)
- Schraubzwinge noun (woodworking tool)
Greek
2 entries- αγγειολαβίδα noun (surgical instrument)
- μέγγενη noun (woodworking tool)
Hebrew
1 entries- כְּלִיבָה noun (woodworking tool)
Hindi
1 entries- शिकंजा noun (woodworking tool)
Icelandic
1 entries- þvinga noun (woodworking tool)
Italian
1 entries- morsetto noun (woodworking tool)
Japanese
3 entries- クランプ noun (woodworking tool)
- クレンメ noun (woodworking tool)
- 鎹 noun (woodworking tool)
Kazakh
1 entries- қысқыш noun (woodworking tool)
Korean
2 entries- 조임틀 noun (woodworking tool)
- 클램프 noun (woodworking tool)
Macedonian
4 entries- клема noun (woodworking tool)
- менгеме noun (woodworking tool)
- пеан noun (surgical instrument)
- стега noun (woodworking tool)
Māori
4 entries- rawhi noun (woodworking tool)
- rawhi noun (surgical instrument)
- whakakopa noun (woodworking tool)
- rawhi verb (to fasten in place or together)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- krampe noun (woodworking tool)
- skrutvinge noun (woodworking tool)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اشكنجه noun (woodworking tool)
Persian
1 entries- گیره noun (woodworking tool)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Kjlam noun (woodworking tool)
Polish
2 entries- imadło noun (woodworking tool)
- zacisk noun (woodworking tool)
Portuguese
2 entries- braçadeira noun (woodworking tool)
- grampo noun (woodworking tool)
Romanian
1 entries- clemă noun (woodworking tool)
Russian
4 entries- бурт noun (storage for agricultural produce)
- зажи́м noun (woodworking tool)
- кага́т noun (storage for agricultural produce)
- кле́мма noun (woodworking tool)
Slovak
1 entries- svorka noun (woodworking tool)
Spanish
4 entries- abrazadera noun (woodworking tool)
- clamp noun (woodworking tool)
- fijación noun (woodworking tool)
- mordaza noun (woodworking tool)
Swahili
1 entries- mbano noun (woodworking tool)
Swedish
3 entries- klämma noun (woodworking tool)
- stuka noun (storage for agricultural produce)
- tving noun (woodworking tool)
Turkish
2 entries- işkence noun (woodworking tool)
- kıskaç noun (surgical instrument)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бурт noun (storage for agricultural produce)
- за́тиск noun (woodworking tool)
- затиска́ч noun (woodworking tool)
- затискач noun (surgical instrument)
Urdu
1 entries- شکنجه noun (woodworking tool)
Uzbek
2 entries- iskanja noun (woodworking tool)
- qisqich noun (woodworking tool)
Venetan
1 entries- tòrcoło noun (woodworking tool)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Tighten the clamp before you start sawing.
Source: tatoeba (8860307)
Ziri asked Yazid if he could borrow his quick grip clamp.
Source: tatoeba (10237053)
Her head was shaved and secured in a three-pronged skull clamp.
Source: tatoeba (10724631)
Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.
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