fish-hook
Britishnoun
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a sharp hook used in angling, esp one with a barb
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logic a symbol (∋) for entailment
Example Sentences
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Potential applications of the fish-hook bond are vast, says Yang.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2024
Previous Belmonts were run clockwise over a fish-hook course that included part of the training track and the main dirt oval.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 4, 2020
The tiny, fish-hook shaped island of Nantucket feels like a place separated from America by place and time.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 7, 2019
As Johnson explains, Maui used his magical fish-hook to slow down the Sun and pull up islands from the ocean's floor.
From The Verge ● Jun. 13, 2016
Nor did they notice, interlocked as they were, the strong fish-hook at the end of a silken cord, which rose towards them from the depths of the water.
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Charles de Coster
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