SPIKE
/spaɪk/
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Definition
/spaɪk/
noun
- In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.
noun
- The spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor and supports the weight of the instrument.
noun
- A sort of very large nail.
- A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.“The trap was lined with spikes.”
- Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
- An ear of corn or grain.
- A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
verb
- To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.“to spike down planks”
- To set or furnish with spikes.
- To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
- To fix on a spike.
- To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
Source: Wiktionary
