latch
noun
[ latʃ ]
• a metal bar with a catch and lever used for fastening a door or gate.
• "lifting the latch, she pushed the gate open"
Similar:
fastening,
catch,
fastener,
clasp,
hasp,
hook,
bar,
bolt,
clip,
lock,
padlock,
deadlock,
sneck,
snib,
• a circuit which retains whatever output state results from a momentary input signal until reset by another signal.
latch
verb
• fasten (a door or gate) with a latch.
• "she latched the door carefully"
Similar:
fasten,
secure,
make fast,
bar,
bolt,
lock,
padlock,
deadlock,
sneck,
snib,
• (of a device) become fixed in a particular state.
• "the output relay can be set to latch at a preset value"
Origin:
Old English læccan ‘take hold of, grasp (physically or mentally’), of Germanic origin.
