mengene

Meaning

any mechanical appliance for exerting pressure or secure objects, such as a vise, a clamp, a press, etc.

Concepts

clamp

🗜️

brace

holdfast

parenthesis

staple

clam

mill

press

cam

crampon

cramp

lever

vise

Synonyms

havan

pres

vize

Translations

Krampe

klamp

kramp

nietje

haakje

grampo

🗜️

parêntese

étau

grapa

laña

Klammer

🗜️

Schraubstock

torno, morsa

torno

مِلْزَم

Pronounced as (IPA)

/men.ɟeˈne/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish منكنه (mengene, “press, mangle”), from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “bolt; catapult; block of a pulley”).