We found 30 dictionaries that define the word
linchpin:
General (27 matching dictionaries)
- linchpin: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- linchpin: Merriam-Webster
- linchpin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
- linchpin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
- linchpin: Collins English Dictionary
- linchpin: Vocabulary.com
- Linchpin, linchpin: Wordnik
- linchpin: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- linchpin: Wiktionary
- linchpin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
- Linchpin, linchpin: Dictionary.com
- linchpin: Online Etymology Dictionary
- linchpin: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
- Linchpin (song), Linchpin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
- Linchpin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
- linchpin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
- linchpin: Rhymezone
- linchpin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
- linchpin: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
- linchpin: FreeDictionary.org
- linchpin: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
- linchpin: Mnemonic Dictionary
- linchpin: TheFreeDictionary.com
- linchpin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
- linchpin: Infoplease Dictionary
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- linchpin: Encyclopedia
Science (1 matching dictionary)
- Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
Slang (1 matching dictionary)
- linchpin: Urban Dictionary
(Note: See
linchpins as well.)
▸ noun: A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle or shaft, so as to secure a wheel or shaft-mounted device.
▸ noun: (figuratively) A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive) To adopt as, or serve as, a central cohesive source of stability and security.
lynchpin,
anchor,
mainstay,
backbone,
tailpin,
wristpin,
axle,
wrist pin,
lug nut,
lazy pinion,
more...
very,
important,
crucial,
critical,
strategic,
economic,
ideological,
essential,
theoretical,
conceptual,
major
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