meaning of clamp
1. Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
2. An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.
3. A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.
4. One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising.
5. A thick plank on the inner part of a ships side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
6. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
7. A mollusk. See Clam.
8. To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
9. To cover, as vegetables, with earth.
10. A heavy footstep; a tramp.
11. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
12. a device used by carpenters that holds things firmly together
Related Words
clamp | clamp down | clampdown | clamped | clamper | clamping |
