Synonyms for "tenterhook"

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Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

2 entries

clawhook

derived

1 entries

on tenterhooks

derived from

2 entries

hooktenter

is a

1 entries

hook

part of

1 entries

tenter

related to

4 entries

clothhookstretchtenter

Translations

3 translations across 2 languages.

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German

1 entries

• Spannhaken noun (one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter)

Hungarian

2 entries

• feszítőhorog noun (one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter)
• feszítőkampó noun (one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter)

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