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What is the noun for clamps?

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clamp
  1. A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.
  2. (medicine) An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
  3. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.
  4. A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
  5. A heavy footstep; a tramp.
  6. (electronics) An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “The wire is run down the roof to a six-foot copper ground rod, where it is fastened with a clamp.”
      “A motorist was so furious after his van was clamped that he sawed the clamp off and drove away, York magistrates heard.”
      “A man was rescued by fellow campers after being dragged by a saltwater crocodile who had a firm clamp on one of his legs.”
clamper
  1. One who, or that which, clamps.
  2. An attachment with sharp metal prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice.
  3. (electronics) A circuit that restricts the amplitude of a waveform.
  4. Synonyms:
clampee
  1. (informal) A person whose car has been clamped
clamping
clampings
clampees
  1. plural of clampee
clampers
clamps
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