Ligature is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for LIGATURE in dictionary:

VERB:
• to tie with a ligature
• bind or connect with a ligature
• To ligate; to tie.
• bind with a ligature
NOUN:
• anything that binds; a bandage
• a thing used for tying or binding something tightly
• a cord or thread used in surgery, especially to tie up a bleeding artery.
• a slur or tie.
• a character consisting of two or more joined letters, e.g. æ, fl.
• a stroke that joins adjacent letters in writing or printing.
• link, bond, or tie
• The act of binding.
• Anything that binds; a band or bandage.
• A thread or string for tying the blood vessels, particularly the arteries, to prevent hemorrhage.
• A thread or wire used to remove tumors, etc.
• The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness; as, the ligature of a joint.
• Impotence caused by magic or charms.
• A curve or line connecting notes; a slur.
• A double character, or a type consisting of two or more letters or characters united, as ae, /, /.
• (music) a group of notes connected by a slur
• character consisting of two or more letters combined into one
• a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone
• thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)
• something used to tie or bind
• the act of tying or binding things together
• a character consisting of two or more joined letters, e.g. æ, fl.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to ligate

Words related to LIGATURE

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Words that contain LIGATURE

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How to use LIGATURE in a sentence

• A fourth ligature, but this one swift as an arrow, darted towards his stomach.
• The vessel is exposed, and a double ligature, preferably of silk, placed on it.
• It was too late to employ a ligature and useless to inject ammonia.
• He felt strangled, as if a ligature about his throat had forced all the blood to his brain and confined it there.
• On that day the ligature came away, giving instant and entire relief.
• There is no abdominal operation more simple, rapid and safe, than simple ligature of the Fallopian tubes.
• You tie a vein, and you find that the blood accumulates on the side of the ligature opposite the heart.
• About the neck hypostasis must not be mistaken for the mark of a cord or other ligature.
• The cord should be tied with sterile tape made for the purpose, or heavy twisted ligature silk, or a narrow, ordinary, strong tape, previously boiled.
• The ligature on the principal artery gave way from a rush of blood, which poured through the bandages.
• The operation is performed when they are very young, and is done with a hair, or some other slight ligature.
• In the evening I saw him with a ligature fastened very tight round his head, which certainly required something to alleviate the pain it must have endured.
• Whenever they feel a pain, they fasten a tight ligature round the part, thereby stopping the circulation, and easing the part immediately affected.
• I confess my own preference is for adhering to the English tradition of the ligature, not only in English words, but even in Latin or Greek names quoted in an English context.

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