noun Download 🔗Share A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc. Examples : "The heavy classroom door wouldn't open because the hinge was broken. " part device building architecture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A naturally occurring joint resembling such hardware in form or action, as in the shell of a bivalve. Examples : "The oyster's shell has a strong hinge, allowing it to open and close easily. " biology animal nature anatomy structure part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album. Examples : "To protect the stamp, I carefully placed a hinge on the back of the postage stamp before gluing it into my stamp album. " stationery item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A principle, or a point in time, on which subsequent reasonings or events depend. Examples : "This argument was the hinge on which the question turned." philosophy time point theory Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The median of the upper or lower half of a batch, sample, or probability distribution. Examples : "The hinge for the math test scores was 85; half the students scored above that, and half scored below. " math statistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south. Examples : "The old map indicated that the treasure was buried at the hinge of west and south. " direction geography Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To attach by, or equip with a hinge. Examples : "The carpenter hinged the heavy cabinet door to the frame. " part building architecture device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (with on or upon) To depend on something. Examples : "My success in school hinges on my ability to study regularly. " aspect possibility Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The flake hinged at an inclusion in the core." archaeology geology science technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To bend. Examples : "The old gate will hinge and swing open if you push it gently. " function part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
