Synonyms of the word grommet


GROMMETCRINGLE - EYELET - FASTENER - FASTENING - FIXING - GRUMMET - HOLDFAST - LOOP

grommet

  • n. A reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring used to reinforce an eyelet.
  • n. (surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding) A young or inexperienced surfer, skateboarder, or snowboarder.
  • n. A circle formed of three-stranded rope.
  • v. (transitive) To insert a grommet into.
  • v. (transitive) To fasten using a grommet.
  • v. (intransitive) To apply grommets.

cringle

  • n. (nautical) A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to…
  • n. A withe for fastening a gate.
  • v. (nautical, transitive) To fasten or attach with a cringle.

eyelet

  • n. An object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments,…
  • n. A shaped metal embellishment containing a hole, used in scrapbook. Eyelets are typically set by punching…
  • n. Cotton fabric with small holes.

fastener

  • n. something or someone that fastens.
  • n. mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers,…

fastening

  • v. present participle of fasten.
  • n. a hook or similar restraint used to fasten things together.

fixing

  • n. The act of subverting (fixing) a vote.
  • n. (Britain, usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs,…
  • n. See fixings.
  • v. present participle of fix.
  • v. (Southern US, slang, with infinitive) Going; preparing; ready. Only used in fixing to.

grummet

  • n. Alternative spelling of grommet.

holdfast

  • n. Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened.
  • n. (zoology) A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile…
  • n. (archaic, medicine) Actinomycosis.

loop

  • n. A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
  • n. The opening so formed.
  • n. A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
  • n. A ring road or beltway.
  • n. An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
  • n. A complete circuit for an electric current.
  • n. (programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition…
  • n. (graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
  • n. (topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point.
  • n. (transport) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
  • n. (algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element.
  • n. A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
  • n. An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
  • n. A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
  • n. Alternative form of loup (mass of iron).
  • n. (biochemistry) A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.
  • v. (transitive) To form something into a loop.
  • v. (transitive) To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
  • v. (transitive) To fly an aircraft in a loop.
  • v. (transitive) To move something in a loop.
  • v. (transitive) To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
  • v. (transitive) To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
  • v. (transitive) To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer…
  • v. (intransitive) To form a loop.
  • v. (intransitive) To move in a loop.

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