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   Latch

   /laCH/

   

   noun

   • 1. a metal bar with a catch and lever used for fastening a door or gate.
   • ▪ a spring lock for an outer door that catches when the door is closed and can only be opened from the outside with a key.
   • ▪ a circuit that retains whatever output state results from a momentary input signal until reset by another signal.
   • ▪ the part of a knitting machine needle that closes or opens to hold or release the wool.

   verb

   • 1. fasten (a door or gate) with a latch: "she latched the door carefully"
   • ▪ (of a device) become fixed in a particular state.

   Word Origin Old Englishlæccan ‘take hold of, grasp (physically or mentally’), of Germanic origin.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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