Usually means: Metal pin securing materials together.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word rivet:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. rivet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rivet: Merriam-Webster
  3. rivet, rivet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rivet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rivet: Collins English Dictionary
  6. rivet: Vocabulary.com
  7. Rivet, rivet: Wordnik
  8. rivet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Rivet, rivet: Wiktionary
  10. rivet: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. rivet: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. rivet: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Rivet, rivet: Dictionary.com
  14. rivet (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. rivet: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Rivet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Rivet: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. rivet: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. rivet: Rhymezone
  20. rivet, rivet (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. rivet: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. rivet: FreeDictionary.org
  23. rivet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. rivet: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rivet: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. rivet: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rivet: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. RIVET: Acronym Finder
  2. rivet: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rivet: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rivet: Bicycle Glossary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Fastener Terms (No longer online)
  3. Bridge and Tunnels Terminology (No longer online)

(Note: See riveted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
noun:  (figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.
noun:  (obsolete) A light kind of footman's plate armour; an almain rivet.
verb:  (transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets.
verb:  (transitive) To install rivets.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To command the attention of.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To make firm or immovable.
noun:  A surname from French.

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