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See also: Grommet
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From obsolete French gromette (“curb chain”) (modern spelling gourmette).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɒm.ɪt/, /ˈɡɹʌm.ɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɑ.mɪt/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒmɪt
Noun
[edit]grommet (plural grommets)
- A reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring used to reinforce an eyelet.
- (nautical) A ring formed of a single strand of rope, laid in three times round, fastening the upper edge of a sail to its stay.
- (flags) An eyelet at the hoist end of a flag, used to fasten the flag to its halyard.
- (slang, surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding) A young or inexperienced surfer, skateboarder, or snowboarder.
- A boy serving on a ship.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- drop grommet
- edge grommet, grommet edging
- surgical grommet
- cable grommet
- grommet press, grommet punch
Translations
[edit]reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring
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young or inexperienced surfer, skateboarder or snowboarder
Verb
[edit]grommet (third-person singular simple present grommets, present participle grommeting, simple past and past participle grommeted)
- (transitive) To insert a grommet into.
- 1923, “American Machinist”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], volume 58, numbers 23-26, page 919:
- The device takes the form of a guard for the punch presses which are used in grommeting mail bags in the process of manufacture.
- 2007, Wil McCarthy, The Wellstone[2], page 225:
- There was little point in grommeting the hole, since the wrapping was already as rigid and tough as its invisibility permitted.
- (transitive) To fasten using a grommet.
- (intransitive) To apply grommets.
References
[edit]Grommet in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.
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