Rope

Quick meaning: Rope is a noun meaning (countable) An individual length of such material.

Meaning

(countable) An individual length of such material.

More Meanings

1. A cohesive strand of something.
2. (baseball) A hard line drive.
3. (ceramics) A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
4. (computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
5. (military, uncountable) A kind of chaff (material dropped to interfere with radar) consisting of foil strips with paper chutes attached.
6. (uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
7. (dated) A continuous stream.

Example Sentences

All at once, let’s heave on the rope!

He hit a rope past third and into the corner.

The duchess wore a rope of pearls to the soirée.

The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes.

Word Forms

• ropes
• roping
• roped
• rop

Synonyms for rope

Depending on context, synonyms include tie, bind, secure, lasso, ropemaxx, twine.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include leash, cord, loop, string, knot, thread.

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