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You can make 27 words from clamp according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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Definitions and meaning of clamp

clamp

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klæmp/
• Rhymes: -æmp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch clamp, klampe (“a clamp, hook”), from Proto-Germanic *klampō (“clamp, clasp, cramp”), related to Proto-West Germanic *klammjan.

Cognate with Middle Low German klampe (“hook, clasp”), German Klampfe, Klampe (“clamp, cleat”), Norwegian klamp (“clamp”), Alemannic German Chlempi.

Noun

clamp (plural clamps)

1. A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.
2. (medicine) An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
3. (UK) A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
4. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.
5. (agriculture) A compact pile of agricultural produce (such as root vegetables or silage) used for temporary storage.
6. A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
7. (electronics) An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.

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References

Storage clamp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Clamper (electronics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

clamp (third-person singular simple present clamps, present participle clamping, simple past and past participle clamped)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
2. (transitive) To hold or grip tightly.
3. (transitive) To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range by replacing values outside the range with the closest value within the range.
4. (UK, obsolete, transitive) To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.
5. (transitive) To immobilise (a vehicle) by means of a wheel clamp.

   I was only parked there for five minutes but my car was still clamped.

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See also

• clasp
• vise, vice

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Noun

clamp (plural clamps)

1. (dated) A heavy footstep; a tramp.

Verb

clamp (third-person singular simple present clamps, present participle clamping, simple past and past participle clamped)

1. (intransitive, dated) To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp.

French

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English clamp

Pronunciation

Noun

clamp m (plural clamps)

1. (medical) clamp

Further reading

• “clamp”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.