cleat meaning
EN
[kliːt] [-iːt] WCleat
- Cleat may refer to:
- Cleat (shoe), a type or part of a shoe
- Cleat (nautical), a fitting on ships, boats, and docks to which ropes are tied
- Cleats (comic strip), a comic strip by Bill Hinds
- Grouser, a protrusion on a wheel or continuous vehicle track, intended to increase traction
- Fractures in coal seams
- French cleat
- NounPLcleats
- A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
- A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
- (nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release. Nautical cleat.
- A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe meant for better traction. (See cleats.).
- A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
- VerbSGcleatsPRcleatingPT, PPcleated
- To strengthen with a cleat.
- (nautical) To tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat.
- To strengthen with a cleat.
Definition of cleat in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "cleat" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.