rivets

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A form of rivet — A cylindrical mechanical fastener which is supplied with a factory head at one end and is used to attach multiple parts together by passing its bucktail through a hole and upsetting its end to form a field head.

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

rivets1

noun
  1. pluralplural of rivet
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of rivet

Rivets2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Rivet

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