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How to pronounce latch in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms door latch
Type of lock
Type Words
Type of catch
Type Words
Type of fasten, fix, secure


latch the door.

Examples of latch

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Other agricultural industries have been slower to latch onto the new technology.
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He couldn't get the suitcase-sized experiment to latch firmly onto the platform.
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The very best match elbows out all the others to latch onto the target molecule.
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To make matters worse, Douglas chose a new latch design to seal the cargo hatch.
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And that is enough for people with an inclination towards belief to latch on to.
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The further Leviathan reaches, the more special interests latch to its tentacles.
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He raced past Earl Davis to latch onto David Hankin's astute long ball forward.
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When they put him back, they forgot to latch the trailer, and the bull got out.
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Roof is a semi-automatic canvas soft-top that requires only one latch to unleash.
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More examples
  • Fasten with a latch; "latch the door"
  • Spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key
  • Catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove
  • ISOFIX is the international standard for attachment points for child safety seats in passenger cars. A similar system is also known as LATCH ("Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children") in the United States and LUAS ("Lower Universal Anchorage System") or Canfix in Canada. ...
  • In electronics, a latch is a kind of bistable multivibrator, an electronic circuit that has two stable states and therefore can store one bit of information. ...
  • A latch (called sneck in Northern England) is a type of mechanical fastener that is used to join two (or more) objects or surfaces together while allowing for the regular or eventual separation of the objects or surfaces.
  • A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side; A flip-flop electronic circuit; A latching; A crossbow; To close or lock as if with a latch
  • (latched) Mechanically held in a pre-set position by means of a pawl or similar device, in readiness for tripping, for example a closed circuit-breaker or a bistable relay.
  • (Latches) the most common are Butterfly. They offer the most secure latching system available on the market. The Butterfly latch is recessed into your case.