hook
A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
Other meanings
A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
A kind of
- implement
Kinds of hook
- boat hook
- gaff
- meat hook
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "hōc" (angle, point, hook).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hook” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.