hinge
A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
Other meanings
A naturally occurring joint resembling such hardware in form or action, as in the shell of a bivalve.
A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album.
Related words
- alpha hinge
- butt hinge
- delta hinge
- door hinge
- flapping hinge
- H hinge
- hingeable
- hingeback
- hinge-back tortoise
- hinge joint
- hingeless
- hingelike
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "henge".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hinge” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.