tenterhook - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

Forum API

- See Also:
- - tensor
  - tent
  - tent caterpillar
  - tent dress
  - tent pole
  - tent stitch
  - tentacle
  - tentage
  - tentative
  - tenter
  - tenterhook
  - tenth
  - tenuity
  - tenuous
  - tenure
  - tenure track
  - tenurial
  - tenuto
  - teocalli
  - teosinte
  - tepal
- Settings:
- - Click on word:
    gets translation
    does nothing
- - Recent searches:
    - Save history
    - View All
- Links:
- WR Random Word:
- Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!

tenterhook

in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | in context | images

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tenterhook/ˈtɛntəhʊk/

▶noun historical a hook used to fasten cloth on a tenter.

– phrases
on tenterhooks in a state of agitated suspense.

'tenterhook' also found in these Oxford entries:

Forum discussions with the word(s) "tenterhook" in the title:

No titles with the word(s) "tenterhook".

Ask in the forums yourself.Visit the English Only Forum.

Look up "tenterhook" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "tenterhook" at dictionary.com

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Download free Android and iPhone apps

Android App

iPhone App

Report an inappropriate ad.