Barrettes

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Overview of noun barrette

      »   The noun barrette has 1 meanings (no senses from tagged texts)

• barrette -- (a Pin1.) Pin -- (a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment)
  
  2.) Fall, pin -- (when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat)
  
  pin for Holding1.) Retention, keeping, holding -- (the act of retaining something)
  
  2.) Property, belongings, holding, material possession -- (something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";)
  
  holding women's Hair1.) Hair -- (a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells")
  
  2.) Hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, whisker -- (a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker")
  
  hair in place)

Related Terms - "Barrettes"

1 sense of Barrette1.) Barrette -- (a pin for holding women's hair in place)

Barrette - A pin for holding women's hair in place Meaning 1 of Barrettesbarrette pin

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• Bitt pin1.) Bitt pin -- (a pin through the bitthead to keep the mooring lines from slipping off)
  
  Bitt pin - A pin through the bitthead to keep the mooring lines from slipping off

• Hairpin1.) Hairpin -- (a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place)
  
  Hairpin - A double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place

• Hatpin1.) Hatpin -- (a long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair)
  
  Hatpin - A long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair

• Linchpin1.) Anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin -- (a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm")
  
  2.) Linchpin, lynchpin -- (pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on)
  
  Linchpin, Lynchpin1.) Anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin -- (a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm")
  
  2.) Linchpin, lynchpin -- (pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on)
  
  Lynchpin - A central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm"

• Peg1.) Peg, nog -- (a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface)
  
  2.) Peg, pin -- (small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.)
  
  Peg, Nog1.) Peg, nog -- (a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface)
  
  2.) Nog -- (a wooden block built into a masonry wall so that joinery structure can be nailed to it)
  
  Nog - A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface

• Rivet1.) Stud, rivet -- (ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt))
  
  2.) Rivet -- (heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together)
  
  Rivet - Ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)

• Safety pin1.) Safety pin -- (a pin in the form of a clasp; has a guard so the point of the pin will not stick the user)
  
  Safety pin - A pin in the form of a clasp; has a guard so the point of the pin will not stick the user

• Skewer1.) Skewer -- (a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted)
  
  1.) Skewer, spit -- (drive a skewer through; "skewer the meat for the BBQ")
  
  Skewer - A long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted

• Straight pin1.) Straight pin -- (pin consisting of a short straight stiff piece of wire with a pointed end; used to fasten pieces of cloth or paper together)
  
  Straight pin - Pin consisting of a short straight stiff piece of wire with a pointed end; used to fasten pieces of cloth or paper together

• Wrist pin1.) Wrist pin, gudgeon pin -- (pin joining a piston to a connecting rod)
  
  Wrist pin, Gudgeon pin1.) Wrist pin, gudgeon pin -- (pin joining a piston to a connecting rod)
  
  Gudgeon pin - Pin joining a piston to a connecting rod