🔄 Synonyms of "Cotter"
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cotter"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| cottarnoun | (Scotland) Alternative form of cotter (“peasant inhabiting a cottage”). [(mechanical engineering) A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.] |
| cottiernoun | Someone who lives in a cot or cottage; a cottager. |
| locknoun | Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination. |
| detentnoun | That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch (stopping mechanism), pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking. |
| tabnoun | A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc. |
| ringnoun | (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle. |
| flapnoun | Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved. |
| splitnoun | A crack or longitudinal fissure. |
| retentionnoun | The act of retaining or something retained. |
| earnoun | (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea. |
| wingnoun | (zootomy) An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly. |
| finnoun | (ichthyology, zootomy) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver. |
| wrist pinnoun | (engineering) Any pin connecting a pitman to a crosshead. |
| clicknoun | (graphical user interface) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software. |
| linchpinnoun | (figuratively) A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation. |
| slotternoun | (agent noun) Someone or something that slots (that is, makes slots). |
| wristpinnoun | Alternative form of wrist pin. [(engineering) Any pin connecting a pitman to a crosshead.] |
| driftnoun | (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved. |
| toolsetternoun | A device that fits a tool onto a machine. |
| swivelnoun | The act of swivelling. |
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