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[ noun ] a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
Synonyms Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)We were forbidden to swing on the gates , lest they sag on their hinges in a poor-white-trash way , but we could stand on them , when they were latched , rest our chins on the top , and stare and stare , committing to memory , quite unintentionally , all the details that lay before our eyes . |
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[ verb ] attach with a hinge
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[ noun ] a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend
Examples "his absence is the hinge of our plan" Related terms |
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