unlatch

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verb

Remove from a latch

OriginEnglish latch ← Middle English on- ← Old English on- →
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Meanings

verbunlatch (third-person singular simple present unlatches, present participle unlatching, simple past and past participle unlatched)

present singular third person unlatches · participle present unlatching · participle past unlatched · past unlatched

  1. Remove from a latch

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
unsnib

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Englishlatch
  10. Englishunlatch

From un- + latch.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tulchan
Cite this entry
APA

unlatch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlatch

MLA

“unlatch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlatch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unlatch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlatch.

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