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- Dictionarylatch/laCH/
noun
- 1. a metal bar with a catch and lever used for fastening a door or gate.
verb
- 1. fasten (a door or gate) with a latch: "she latched the door carefully"
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The meaning of LATCH is to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms —used with on or onto. How to use latch in a sentence.
LATCH definition: 1. a device for keeping a door or gate closed, consisting of a metal bar that fits into a hole and…. Learn more.
A latch is a fastening on a door or gate. It consists of a metal bar which you lift in order to open the door. You left the latch off the gate and the dog escaped.
LATCH meaning: 1. a device for keeping a door or gate closed, consisting of a metal bar that fits into a hole and…. Learn more.
A latch is a fastener or lock that you open with a key. A latch can usually be opened with a key or by turning a knob or lifting a hook or bar. You can also use the word latch as a verb, like when your mom reminds you to latch the front and back doors before you leave for school in the morning.
n. 1. A fastening, as for a door or gate, typically consisting of a bar that fits into a notch or slot and is lifted from either side by a lever or string. 2. A spring lock, as for a door, that is opened from the outside by a key. v. latched, latch·ing, latch·es. v.tr. To close or lock with a latch. v.intr.
noun. a fastening for a gate or door that consists of a bar that may be slid or lowered into a groove, hole, etc. a spring-loaded door lock that can be opened by a key from outside.
Definition of latch noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
LATCH meaning: 1 : a device that holds a door, gate, or window closed and that consists of a bar that falls into a holder when it is closed and that is lifted when it is open; 2 : a type of door lock that can be opened from the inside by turning a lever or knob but can only be opened from the outside with a key
latch /lætʃ/ n. [ countable] a device for holding a door, gate, or the like closed, with a bar that falls or slides into a catch, groove, or hole. a lock on a door that can be opened with a key. v. to close or fasten (with a latch): [ ~ + object] He latched the barn door shut. [ no object] The door would not latch.
