Definizione monolingua

rivet

rivet (third-person singular simple present rivets, present participle riveting or rivetting, simple past and past participle riveted or rivetted)

1. (transitive) to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
2. (transitive) to install rivets
3. (transitive) to command the attention of.
   • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6

     The furnishings and other contents of the room it was which riveted his attention. He examined many things minutely--strange tools and weapons, books, paper, clothing-- what little had withstood the ravages of time in the humid atmosphere of the jungle coast.

rivet (plural rivets)

1. A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
2. (figuratively) any fixed point or certain basis
3. (obsolete) a light kind of footmans armour (back-formation from almain-rivet)

Definizione dizionario rivet

	rivetto
	cylindrical mechanical fastener

	ribattino
	cylindrical mechanical fastener

biglietto non vincente

chiodo

fissare

inchiodare

ribadire

Altri significati:

A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.

(transitive) to install rivets

(transitive) to command the attention of.

to install rivets

to attach or fasten parts by using rivets

(transitive) to attach or fasten parts by using rivets