Sekirov Dictionary

rivet

/ˈɹɪvət/

verb 4
noun 3
forms 5
phrases 1

verb4

To attach or fasten parts by using rivets.
(figurative) To command the attention of.
To install rivets (see Usage notes).
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(figurative) To make firm or immovable.
- Terror riveted him to the spot.

noun3

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.
(figurative) Any fixed point or certain basis.
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(no longer used) A light kind of footman's plate armour; an almain rivet.
- over his rivet he had a garment of white cloth of gold with a redde crosse — 1548

forms

riveted · rivetted · riveting · rivetting · rivets

Phrases with rivet

rivet counter
A person who has an obsession with the minutiae of their particular interest, especially in military and technology history. Anyone preoccupied with small distinguishing features between different items.

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