latch

IPA(Pronunciation)

/lætʃ/

Noun

obsolete

A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.

Japanese Meaning

扉を固定するための留め具（溝や切れ込みに掛かる棒を備え、レバーや紐で操作される機構）

What is this buttons?

Before leaving, she checked that the latch on the garden gate was secure.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

出かける前に、彼女は庭の門の掛け金がしっかりと固定されているか確認した。

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Sense（1）

A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.

The cleverly constructed latch which Clayton had made for the door had sprung as Kerchak passed out; nor could the apes find means of ingress through the heavily barred windows.

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Sense（2）

(electronics) An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.

Sense（3）

(obsolete) A latching.

Sense（4）

(obsolete) A crossbow.

Sense（5）

(obsolete) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.

Love will none other birde catch,

Though he set either nette or latch

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Sense（6）

A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.

Sense（7）

(databases) A lightweight lock to protect internal structures from being modified by multiple concurrent accesses.

latches

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