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Definition cleat

Etymology

From Middle English clete, from Old English *cl?at, cl?ot, from Proto-Germanic *klautaz (“firm lump”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelewd-, from *gley- (“to glue, stick together, form into a ball”). Cognate with Dutch kloot (“ball; testicle”) and German Kloß. See also clay and clout.

Noun

cleat (plural cleats)

  1. A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
  2. A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
  3. (nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.
  4. A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe meant for better traction. (See cleats.)

Verb

cleat (third-person singular simple present cleats, present participle cleating, simple past and past participle cleated)

  1. To strengthen with a cleat.
  2. (nautical) To tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat.

Results 361 Words with the letters CLEAT

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8 letter words with the letters CLEAT 
7 letter words with the letters CLEAT 
6 letter words with the letters CLEAT 
ACETAL 10
ACETYL 12
ATELIC 10
CABLET 13
CALLET 11
CAMLET 13
CANTLE 11
CAPLET 13
CARTEL 10
CASTLE 10
CATTLE 10
CENTAL 11
CHALET 12
CLARET 10
CLEATS 10
ECLATS 10
LANCET 11
LOCATE 10
PLACET 13
RECTAL 10
TACKLE 14
TALCED 11
TECTAL 10
THECAL 12
5 letter words with the letters CLEAT 
4 letter words with the letters CLEAT 
ALEC 8
CATE 7
CELT 8
LACE 8
LATE 5
TACE 7
TAEL 5
TALC 8
TALE 5
TEAL 5
TELA 5
3 letter words with the letters CLEAT 
ACE 6
ACT 6
ALE 4
ALT 4
ATE 3
CAT 6
CEL 7
EAT 3
ETA 3
LAC 7
LAT 4
LEA 4
LET 4
TAE 3
TEA 3
TEL 4
2 letter words with the letters CLEAT 
AE 2
AL 3
AT 2
EL 3
ET 2
LA 3
TA 2

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