Definition of hinges Hinges
/hɪˈnʤɪz/ - [hinjiz] -
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What does hinges mean?
Wiktionary 
- hinges (Noun)
Plural of hinge.
Part of speech
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| hinge - a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other | ||
| flexible joint | ||
| joint marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking | ||
| exterior door, outside door a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building | ||
| swing door, swinging door a door that swings on a double hinge; opens in either direction | ||
| french door a light door with transparent or glazed panels extending the full length | ||
| bi-fold door an interior door | ||
| car door the door of a car | ||
| gate a movable barrier in a fence or wall | ||
| butt hinge a hinge mortised flush into the edge of the door and jamb | ||
| pintle a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge | ||
| joint hinge, strap hinge a hinge with two long straps; one strap is fastened to the surface of a moving part (e.g., a door or lid) and the other is fastened to the adjacent stationary frame | ||
| hinge - a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend; "his absence is the hinge of our plan" | ||
Verb |
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| hinge - attach with a hinge | ||
| attach be attached; be in contact with | ||
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Wiktionary
- hinge (Noun)
A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc. See also pintel. - hinge (Noun)
A stamp hinge , a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamp s in an album. - hinge (Noun)
A point in time, on which subsequent events depend. - hinge (Noun)
The median of the upper or lower half of a batch, sample, or probability distribution. - hinge (Verb)
To attach by, or equip with a hinge. - hinge (Verb)
To depend on something. - hinge (Verb)
archaeology The breaking off of the distal end of a knapped stone flake whose presumed course across the face of the stone core was truncated prematurely, leaving not a feathered distal end but instead the scar of a nearly perpendicular break. - hinge (Verb)
To bend.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hinge (n.)
The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on. - hinge (n.)
That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned. - hinge (n.)
One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south. - hinge (v. t.)
To attach by, or furnish with, hinges. - hinge (v. t.)
To bend. - hinge (v. i.)
To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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hinge
A bearing allowing the movement of two connected parts of a device, such as a door.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hinge
hinj, n. the hook or joint on which a door or lid hangs: that on which anything depends or turns.—v.t. to furnish with hinges: to bend.—v.i. to hang or turn as on a hinge: to depend on:—pr.p. hing′ing; pa.p. hinged.—n. Hinge′-joint (anat.), a joint in which the bones move.—Off the hinges, in a state of confusion. [Related to hang.]
Wikipedia 
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A hinge is something that connects two objects and lets them rotate. The most common examples are the hinges that connect doors to walls or door frames. To open a door on hinges, one pushes the side far from the hinges and the door rotates around the side with hinges.
Hinges can be very large or very small. Small hinges are used for jewelery boxes and other small things with lids. Very large hinges have been used at the bottom of buildings, to let a building sit on loose soil or mud without breaking.
