jumar
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 5
Definition of jumar
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A device, used to clip on a rope, that tightens when weight is applied, thus allowing the rope to be climbed.
“Jacob handed her the ATC belay device and jumar.”
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noun
-
A device, used to clip on a rope, that tightens when weight is applied, thus allowing the rope to be climbed.
“Jacob handed her the ATC belay device and jumar.”
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of jumart.
verb
- (intransitive)To climb using this device.
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Etymology
From the name of the Swiss firm Jümar Pangit which manufactured it, in turn from the surnames of Adolf Jüsy and Walter Marti.
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