Definitions for grommet

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grommet grom·met

Spelling: [grom-it]

IPA: /ˈgrɒm ɪt/

Grommet is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 128 anagrams from letters in grommet (egmmort).

Definitions for grommet

noun

1. Machinery. any of various rings or eyelets of metal or the like. an insulated washer of rubber or plastic, inserted in a hole in a metal part to prevent grounding of a wire passing through the hole.
2. Nautical. a ring or strop of fiber or wire; becket. a ring having a thickness of three strands, made by forming a loop of a single strand, then laying the ends around the loop. a ring of fiber used as a seal or gasket, as under the head of a bolt.
3. a washer or packing for sealing joints between sections of pipe.
4. Military. a stiff ring of rubber or metal inside the top of a service cap, designed to keep the top of the cap stretched flat.
5. a metal-bound eyelet in cloth, sometimes used decoratively, as on a garment.

verb (used with object)

1. to fasten with a grommet.

Origin of grommet

First recorded in 1620-30, grommet is from the obsolete French word gromette curb of bridle

Examples for grommet

With the grommet punch make holes through the canvas just below the broomstick and secure with the grommets.

An awful thing hung there on the edge of the grommet of light.

When the housing-bolt is an eye-bolt, a toggle will be necessary to keep the grommet in its place.

The grommet is formed of a single strand of rope five times as long as the circumference of the grommet when complete.

grommet—a rope ring used as a wad to hold a cannonball in place in the bore.

Sometimes a grommet, or ring of cordage, is worked upon the spear near one end, to prevent the hand slipping when making a thrust.

Where the housing-bolt is an eye-bolt, the grommet is secured to it by means of a toggle which has a lanyard.

Placing a grommet or other wad over elongated projectiles is positively prohibited.

The blocks are fitted round the gaff with grommet straps, and are kept in their places by cleats.