Definition of rivet
:a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head
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Put together like an 18,000-piece erector set, made of iron beams held together with 2.5 million rivets, the tower was a pure showpiece, with no functional purpose.
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The aircraft was gorgeous—all rivets, slabs of naked, shiny metal with guns aplenty.
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Ford said that the latest investment at KTP is going toward building a new body to rivet and bond parts of the new aluminum alloy body for the Expedition and Navigator.
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Construction is continuing at KTP on a new body shop to rivet and bond parts of the new aluminum alloy body and to add a new trim assembly line for the Expedition and Navigator, Hinrichs said.
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The Rivets, ('50's, '60's.) July 20, North Park: ABBA Salute.
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Having never seen a rhino, but moved by the description of its armor-like skin, Dürer girdled his animal in steel, complete with rivets.
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On the smallest 787, the machine’s synchronized inner and outer parts install a total of 6,000 rivets, one every 25 seconds.
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At the time, steel ships were made of overlapping steel plates that were joined with rivets.
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Origin and Etymology of rivet
Middle English, clinch on a nail, rivet, from Old French, from river to attach, rivet, probably from rive border, edge, bank, from Latin ripa
Definition of rivet
transitive verb
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:to fasten with or as if with rivets
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:to upset the end or point of (something, such as a metallic pin, rod, or bolt) by beating or pressing so as to form a head
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:to fasten or fix firmly
- stood riveted by fright
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:to attract and hold (something, such as a person's attention) completely
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riveter
nounExamples of rivet in a Sentence
The iron plates are riveted rather than welded.
everyone riveted their eyes on the trick that the magician was performing on stage
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At the same time, the Lee family rivets attention in ways that would be unusual for business figures in other countries.
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But the showdown has already riveted the attention of the nation.
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By the 1980s, Japanese gains had trade hawks riveted.
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Don't Miss: Beijing Urban Planning Exhibition Hall Dry communist name, riveting scale models of the city through history.
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Pain, compassion and regal authority are there in his gaze, riveting the attention and engaging audience sympathies.
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In the United States, public attention has been riveted by the colorful new occupant of the White House, and whether Congress will dramatically revise the nation’s health-care system.
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Last night was an excruciating evening for activist Democrats everywhere who had been riveted on Jon Ossoff’s special election campaign in the Sixth District of Georgia.
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Hopefuls flocked to California, desperate for fame and fortune, and their derring-do riveted the nation.
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First Known Use of rivet
15th century
RIVET Defined for English Language Learners
rivet
play
noun
Definition of rivet for English Language Learners
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: a special kind of metal bolt or pin that is used to hold pieces of metal together
rivet
verb
Definition of rivet for English Language Learners
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: to attract and hold all of someone's attention
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: to make (someone) unable to move because of fear, shock, etc.
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: to fasten (something) with rivets
RIVET Defined for Kids
Definition of rivet for Students
:a bolt with a head that is passed through two or more pieces and is hammered into place
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