Hinge
/ΛhΙͺndΚ/
The meaning and definition of Hinge, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
noun
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A principle, or a point in time, on which subsequent reasonings or events depend.
βThis argument was the hinge on which the question turned.β
- A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
verb
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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.
βThe flake hinged at an inclusion in the core.β
- To attach by, or equip with a hinge.
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Synonyms
har quartile
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