Hinge

/ˈhΙͺndΚ’/

The meaning and definition of Hinge, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. A principle, or a point in time, on which subsequent reasonings or events depend.
    β€œThis argument was the hinge on which the question turned.”
  2. A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
verb
  1. The breaking off of the distal end of a knapped stone flake whose presumed course across the face of the stone core was truncated prematurely, leaving not a feathered distal end but instead the scar of a nearly perpendicular break.
    β€œThe flake hinged at an inclusion in the core.”
  2. To attach by, or equip with a hinge.
Synonyms har quartile

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