What part of speech is rivets?

Rivets can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. rivets is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of rivet (infinitive).
  • 2. rivets is a noun, plural of rivet.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does rivets mean?

Definitions

Verb

rivet - fasten with a rivet or rivets
rivet - hold (someone's attention); "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists"
rivet - direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

Noun

rivet - heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together
rivet - ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)

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