Thesaurus: clamp

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1. n. Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
2. n. An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.
3. n. A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.
4. n. One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising.
5. n. A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
6. n. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
7. n. A mollusk. See Clam.
8. v. t. To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
9. v. t. To cover, as vegetables, with earth.
10. n. A heavy footstep; a tramp.
11. v. i. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
12. n. a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together