clamp

Other forms of clamp

plural

clamps·

past tense

clamped·

present participle

clamping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clamp

What does clamp mean?

clamp means "fasten or fix with a clamp". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clamp?

clamp has 1 syllable: clamp. In IPA it is /ˈklæmp/.

What is another word for clamp?

Close synonyms include clinch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clamp a common word?

clamp is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.