noun Download 🔗Share A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc. Examples : "The squeaky hinges on the old gate made it hard to sneak out. " 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 clam opened easily because its hinges were still flexible. " biology animal part nature 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 : "He carefully mounted his antique stamps in the album using hinges to avoid damaging them. " 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." theory philosophy logic point time event Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The median of the upper or lower half of a batch, sample, or probability distribution. Examples : "Example Sentence: "When the math teacher divided the students' test scores into two groups, the hinges were used to find the average high score of the lower half and the average low score of the upper half." " 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 in the attic was so faded, we could barely make out the hinges marking the cardinal directions. " direction geography place Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To attach by, or equip with a hinge. Examples : "My dad hinges the new gate to the fence so it can swing open and closed. " architecture part building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (with on or upon) To depend on something. Examples : "Whether or not we go to the beach hinges on the weather. " condition situation outcome aspect 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 material technical science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To bend. Examples : "The metal door hinges slowly as I push it open. " part action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
