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noun

Definition of strapnext
as in belt
a narrow and usually flat piece of a material that is used for fastening, holding together, or wrapping something She had the nervous habit of fiddling with the strap of her watch.

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verb

as in to rope

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Recent Examples of strap
Noun
At Dior, footwear designer Nina Christen offered up sexy Dior-charmed T-straps and plenty of toe cleavage. — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026 Luggitime Luggage Strap $13 at Amazon Vibrant luggage straps are another way to make your suitcase stand out in a sea of black and gray rollers (hence why flight attendants swear by them). — Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
Invisible hands strap her legs onto the stirrups, an iron fist plunging her through a tunneling, gravity‑bending, black underground. — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026 Princess Kate later revealed that William had spent time practicing for that precise moment by strapping a doll inside the car seat. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for strap
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strap
  1. belt
  2. rope
  3. tape
  4. cord
  5. wire
  6. tie
  7. thread
Noun
  • In a season where layering and personal styling are so important, the belt is an essential accessory.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Its distinct color more closely resembles icy objects in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune than its immediate main-belt neighbors.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of belt
Verb
  • Local authorities would rope together timber logs for a makeshift bridge, but in the rainy season, the logs would grow slippery and floods would wash them away.
    — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Climbers who rope up together learn from one another, with no strict hierarchy.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of rope
Noun
  • The small aircraft was seen just off the road and burnt out, while red scene tape was set up to cordon off the area.
    — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • There was plenty of archives to work with, as Carroll was a pack rat with a robust archive full of audio tapes of interviews from McCalls, NBC, and others.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of tape
Verb
  • Settings and controls Many electric or corded heating pads come with some type of temperature control, either through a remote or on the pad.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Electric snow blowers are corded and good for clearing light to moderate snow off patios, porches, walkways, and small-to-medium-size driveways.
    — Christina Cush, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of cord
Verb
  • Consider a developer asking a coding agent to wire up an API, or a buyer asking a chatbot for vendor comparisons, or a customer pinging a support bot about why a payment failed.
    — Han Wang, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Carr and Konkoly would wire everyone up with EEG, perform their lucid-dreaming protocol, and let people drift off.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of wire
Verb
  • But that also ties some kids’ savings to a single company’s fortunes.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Shen is one of China’s biggest stars and is closely tied to comedy.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of tie
Verb
  • The brand held its presentation at the new store, and the same sense was threaded throughout the collection.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The synthetic hand has learned to split silk strands, thread a needle, stretch fabric across a frame, and stitch, following a craft with more than 2,500 years of history.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
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