Clothespin is an English word with synonyms like fastener or fastening. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Clothespin meaning
A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
Using Clothespin
- The main meaning on this page is: A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
- Useful related words include: clothes pin, clothes peg, fastener, fastening.
Context around Clothespin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Clothespin
- In this selection, "clothespin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, steel stand out and add context to how "clothespin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include attach a clothespin to your and foot steel clothespin he worked. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "clothespin" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with clothespin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Maybe you attach a clothespin to your ear every time you get a Super Chat. (15 words)
Using a rig attachment called a cherry picker — imagine a four-foot steel clothespin — he worked to spear unknown detritus from the depths. (23 words)
The 14-day period between the two rounds of voting was marked by demonstrations against Le Pen and slogans such as "Vote for the crook, not for the fascist" or "Vote with a clothespin on your nose". (37 words)
The 14-day period between the two rounds of voting was marked by demonstrations against Le Pen and slogans such as "Vote for the crook, not for the fascist" or "Vote with a clothespin on your nose". (37 words)
Using a rig attachment called a cherry picker — imagine a four-foot steel clothespin — he worked to spear unknown detritus from the depths. (23 words)
Maybe you attach a clothespin to your ear every time you get a Super Chat. (15 words)
Example sentences (3)
Using a rig attachment called a cherry picker — imagine a four-foot steel clothespin — he worked to spear unknown detritus from the depths.
Maybe you attach a clothespin to your ear every time you get a Super Chat.
The 14-day period between the two rounds of voting was marked by demonstrations against Le Pen and slogans such as "Vote for the crook, not for the fascist" or "Vote with a clothespin on your nose".