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clamp

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"Hold tightly in place"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈklæmp/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aclmpStarts with CEnds with P1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. impose or inflict forcefully

Word origin

From Middle Dutch clamp, klampe (“a clamp, hook”), from Proto-Germanic *klampō (“clamp, clasp, cramp”), related to Proto-West Germanic *klammjan.

Used in a sentence

  • [T]he pots would be stacked in a heap, covered with wood chippings and brushwood and domed over with turves, leaving a few air vents around the sides. When complete the clamp would be fired[.]
  • After the depth range is clamped, the depth value is read from the depth stencil buffer, and the two values are compared with a selectable depth-comparison function […]
  • I was only parked there for five minutes but my car was still clamped.

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