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latch

/læt͡ʃ/noun, verb1 syllable

Latch means: spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key.

Synonyms for latch1

noun, as in spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key

door latch

What does latch mean?3

noun

1

spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key

2

catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove

verb

1

fasten with a latch“latch the door”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with latch?11

two syllables

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Latch in a sentence

  • Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up.autuno
  • The poor man's door has a creditor's latch.sabretou
  • Fadil had a window with a broken latch.OsoHombre
  • On the door the words 'lift the latch to enter' are written.Mithridates
  • Can you fix the latch on my front door?marioo
  • There was only a flimsy latch on the gate.CK
  • He really did latch on to her quickly.kulupuJeti
  • It took me a while to latch on to what he was talking about.sundown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of latch

as a noun

plural
latches

as a verb

past tense
latched
present participle
latching
third-person singular
latches
past participle
latched