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tee hinge

tee hinge

8.5
A metal T shaped plate that joins a door or gate to its frame and lets it open
  • noun
  • /ti hɪndʒ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : bisagra en T
  • He installed a tee hinge on the garden gate for extra support.

Examples

  • The carpenter prefers using tee hinges for heavy wooden doors.

  • A rusty tee hinge made it difficult to open the old shed door.

  • The carpenter installed a new tee hinge on the gate.

  • A tee hinge is essential for heavy doors.

  • He installed a tee hinge on the garden gate for extra support.

  • The carpenter prefers using tee hinges for heavy wooden doors.

  • A tee hinge is essential for heavy doors.

Synonyms

T hinge
vstee hinge
  • Specialized
6.8

A metal piece shaped like a T that lets a door or gate swing

has identical meaning but is written as a word rather than a single letter

Surface Forms

tee hinge singular
tee hinges plural

Morphology

tee + hinge

The sense 'a hinge shaped like the letter T' is directly and literally built from 'tee' (T-shaped/relating to a T-shaped fitting) + 'hinge' (a metal joint). This straightforward noun–noun compounding follows regular English composition patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent meanings can infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Tee hinge comes from its shape: when opened it looks like a big T, with one long bar and one short plate that fits into the door frame. So the name tells you it is a hinge shaped like a T used on doors and gates to give extra support.