Definition of rivet

"rivet" in the noun sense

1. stud, rivet

ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)

2. rivet

heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together

"rivet" in the verb sense

1. concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet

direct one's attention on something

"Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

2. rivet

fasten with a rivet or rivets

3. rivet

hold (someone's attention

"The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists"

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Quotations for rivet

A letter, timely writ, is a rivet to the chain of affection;
And a letter, untimely delayed, is as rust to the solder. [ Tupper ]

A similitude of nature and manners in such a degree as we are capable of, must tie the holy knot, and rivet the friendship between us. [ F. Atterbury ]

rivet in Scrabble®

The word rivet is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters rivet:

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rivet in Words With Friends™

The word rivet is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters rivet:

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Word Growth involving rivet

Shorter words in rivet

rive

vet

Longer words containing rivet

drivethrough drivethroughs

drivethru drivethrus

drivetrain drivetrains

riveted unriveted

riveter riveters

rivethead rivetheads

riveting rivetingly

riveting unriveting

rivetless

rivetlike

rivets trivets

rivets unrivets

rivetted

rivetter rivetters

rivetting

trivet trivets

unrivet unriveted

unrivet unriveting

unrivet unrivets