strap

CEFRB1

/stɹæp/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A narrow strip used to hold, carry, or fasten something.

  2. 02

    verb

    To fasten or carry something with a strap.

Examples

  • Hold on to the strap. The train will start to move soon.

  • I'm bothered since the strap of my backpack tore.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A strip of thick leather used in flogging.

  2. A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.

  3. A strap worn on the shoulder.

More examples

In context

  • Please hold on to the strap.

  • to strap a razor

  • a lively cobbler, that […] had scarce passed a day in his life without giving her [his wife] the discipline of the strap.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From a variant of earlier strope (“loop on a harness”), from Middle English strope, stroppe, from Late Old English strop, stropp (“a band, thong, strap; oar-thong”) and Old French estrope (“strap, loop on a harness”), both from Latin stroppus, struppus (“strap”), from Ancient Greek στρόφος (stróphos, “rope”) (compare strophe), from στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strebʰ- (compare Proto-West Germanic *stroppōn (“to twist, writhe”)). Cognate with Scots strap, strop (“strap, band, thong”), Dutch strop (“noose, strop, loop”), Low German Strop (“strap”), German Struppe, Strüppe, Strippe (“string, cord”), Danish strop (“strap”), Swedish stropp (“strap, loop”).