LATCH meaning: Device to fasten door securely

We found 41 dictionaries that define the word latch:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

latch: Merriam-Webster.com
latch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
latch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
latch: Collins English Dictionary
latch: Vocabulary.com
Latch, latch: Wordnik
latch: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
LATCH, latch: Wiktionary
latch: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
latch: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
latch: Infoplease Dictionary
Latch, latch: Dictionary.com
latch (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
latch: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
LATCH, Latch (breastfeeding), Latch (disambiguation), Latch (electronic), Latch (electronics), Latch (hardware), Latch (song), Latch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Latch: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
latch: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
latch: Rhymezone
latch: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
latch: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
latch: Free Dictionary
latch: Mnemonic Dictionary
Latch, latch: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
latch: Dictionary/thesaurus
latch: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)

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Business (2 matching dictionaries)

Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
latch: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)

latch: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
Latch (electronics), latch: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

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Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)

Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
LATCH: Acronym Finder
latch: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)

latch: Archaeology Wordsmith

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

latch, latch, latch: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
latch: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)

AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
Latch: Construction Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ verb:  To close or lock as if with a latch.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To catch; lay hold of.
▸ noun:  A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
▸ noun:  (electronics) An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A latching.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A crossbow.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
▸ noun:  A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.
▸ noun:  (databases) A lightweight lock to protect internal structures from being modified by multiple concurrent accesses.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To smear; to anoint.
▸ noun:  (automotive) Acronym of lower anchors and tethers for children.

Similar:

barred, bolted, fast, fastened, locked, secured, clasp, lattice, relatch, inlock, more...

Opposite:

unlatch, unfasten, unlock

Types:

hook and eye, spring latch, deadbolt, padlock, keyed lock, combination lock, more...

Phrases:

latch on, latch onto, door latch, latch bolt, latch key, more...

Adjectives:

wooden, simple, bit, heavy, transparent, gated, broken, external, rusty, type, second

Colors:

bronze, gold, silver, copper, nickel, rust, black, gray, gunmetal, charcoal

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