noun
Meaning 1
A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.
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Standard Lemma guide
tenter
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/ˈtɛntəɹ/
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rhymes with -ɛntə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
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noun
Meaning 3
A kind of governor, or regulating device.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
Meaning 4
To stretch cloth on such a framework.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To admit extension; to be stretchable.
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Usage: intransitive
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noun
Meaning 6
a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: framework
History
Etymology
Via Old French, perhaps from Latin tentorium.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: рамка (ramka) — a framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried
- Bulgarian: разпънка (razpǎnka) — a framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried
- Hungarian: feszítőkeret — a framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried
- Hungarian: felügyelő — one who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman
- Hungarian: gépkezelő — one who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman
- Hungarian: gépész — one who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman
- Hungarian: gépmester — one who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman
- Hungarian: művezető — one who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman
- Hungarian: kifeszít — to stretch cloth on such a framework
- Hungarian: keretre húz — to stretch cloth on such a framework