1. A piece of hardware used for fastening; it screws into a nut.
2. The part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key; SYN. deadbolt.
3. A sudden abandonment (as from a political party).
4. A sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech.
5. Sifting cloth. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. pere, Old Fren. piere a stone, French pierre, from Latin petra, Greek. Related to Petrify.
(Homonym: peer).
1. A support for two adjacent bridge spans.
2. A landing built out into the water.
3. (Architecture) A vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows).
Structure built out into the sea from the coastline for use as a landing place or promenade. + prikaži više

Acronym for single inline package. A type of housing for an electronic component in which all leads (connections) protrude from one side of the package. Also called: single inline pinned package. Compare DIP.