Friday, March 17, 2017

HINGE

WORD: HINGE

MEANING:
1.
a. A jointed or flexible device that allows the turning or pivoting of a part, such as a door or lid, on a stationary frame.
b. A similar structure or part, such as one that enables the valves of a bivalve mollusk to open and close.
2. A small folded paper rectangle gummed on one side, used especially to fasten stamps in an album.
3. A point or circumstance on which subsequent events depend.
4. pivots, axes, centers, cruxes

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. MS Dhoni's career hinges on Champions Trophy success

PRONOUNCE:
hinge - हिन्ज

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