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Meaning of Riveting | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. The act of joining with rivets.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
    countable, uncountable
  3. A set of rivets; rivets collectively.
    countable, uncountable

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Examples

“1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures Principles working upon materials, as lathes, boring, planing, which should guide the choice of the means of supply, mortising, riveting, and screw-cutting machines.”

CEFR level

C2
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