strap
noun/stræp/
/stræp/
- a narrow piece of leather, cloth or other material that is used to fasten something, keep something in place, carry something or hold onto something
- the shoulder straps of her dress
- a watch with a leather strap
Extra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashionc1- His binoculars were on a strap around his neck.
- She had a wide leather strap around her wrist.
- The bag comes with a removable shoulder strap.
- The bag comes with detachable straps.
- The camera was fitted with a strap.
- a portable radio with a carrying strap
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- broad
- thick
- wide
- …
- buckle
- buckle up
- do up
- …
- on a/the strap
- strap across
- strap around
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting a trap for birds, also a piece of timber fastening two objects together): dialect form of strop ‘strip of leather used for sharpening razors’.Definitions on the go
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