rivet
1
8.1
- noun
- /ˈrɪvɪt/
:
tachuela
- They are overlaid with plates of brass hammered on to follow the carving and then fixed with rivets of brass wire.
- studded with rivets
- brass rivets
And it has like that classic M&M; packaging where it almost is like rivet.
- And it has like that classic M&M; packaging where it almost is like rivet.
Examples
-
"We ship while the rivets are still hot and the paint's still wet," the poster said.
Fiction book (1993) -
Silver rivets outline both his ears.
Fiction book (1996) -
The kind that calls your father "sir" and tries to chew the rivets off your jeans?
-
But I like the drummer with the rivets on his clothes, he's not bad.
-
Close-up: Hard nipple and rivets.
Fiction book (1996) -
They wore pink combs in their back pockets and tight jeans with copper-colored rivets.
Fiction book (2002) -
At the far end of the roof, there was a hole, and you could hear pigeons thick in the autumn air, and a feather or two stuck against the tin siding's rivets.
Fiction book (1993) -
He looks like he's going to ask me something, but instead he stares past me at 492, her fuselage in the sharp light showing all her dings and loose rivets.
Fiction book (1997) -
As in other instances, such as its use with 'arm bands' (neglede beagas, The Husband's Message: 1936: 1.35), negled appears to refer not to joints but to the visual impression of rivet heads.
Academic text (1996) -
The costume featured numerous shiny rivets that added to its striking design.
Synonyms
11
6.1
A small rounded metal piece fixed on belts or clothing
Compounds
- Specialized
A hand tool that bends and closes the ends of small metal tubes used to join parts
- Jargon
A person who cares too much about small unimportant details in a hobby or project
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rivet was also used for a small, round metal boss or decoration on shields and belts because a rivet makes a little raised, rounded bump. So the same name came to mean that ornament as well.