HINGE
What does "HINGE" mean?
A jointed device on which a door or lid turns, or a central point on which something depends.
Meanings
- A movable joint or mechanism by which a door, gate, or lid swings. The gate squeaked on its rusty hinge.
- To depend on or be contingent upon something. The whole plan hinges on the weather. figurative
- A natural joint that allows movement in one plane, as in the body. The knee works like a hinge. technical
Did you know?
- Your knees and elbows are officially 'hinge joints': anatomists use the same word as the hardware store because, like a door, they bend mainly one way.
Word origin
From Middle English 'henge', related to 'hang'; the word names the thing on which a door hangs and turns.
Remember it
A HINGE lets a door swing because it can HANG and swING - the word holds both halves of the motion.
A little poem
A small brass joint, unseen,
decides whether the whole house
opens or stays shut.
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Wordplay
- My career hinged on one meeting. Fittingly, I got there, the door was locked, and the hinge was the only thing that worked.
What it teaches
Whole outcomes turn on small hinges; tend the joint everyone else overlooks.
Quick facts
What does HINGE mean?
A jointed device on which a door or lid turns, or a central point on which something depends.
Is HINGE a valid word?
Yes — HINGE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is HINGE?
HINGE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does HINGE come from?
From Middle English 'henge', related to 'hang'; the word names the thing on which a door hangs and turns.
What can HINGE teach us?
Whole outcomes turn on small hinges; tend the joint everyone else overlooks.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.