The Finnish word for clamp is
puristin
Translations for clamp and their definitions
| puristin | |
| 1. n. A clamp or cramp (tool to press and hold objects together) | |
| 2. n. A press (device used to apply pressure to an item). | |
| hedelmäpuristin = fruit press | |
| 3. v. first-person singular indicative past of puristaa |
| puristaa | |
| 1. v. to press; to clasp, grasp, grip, squeeze, shake, clench, flatten, squash (to apply pressure): | |
| ~ (kädessä) = to grasp, clasp, squeeze (in a hand). | |
| ~ käsiä = to squeeze, shake hands | |
| ~ (hampaat yhteen) = to clench (one's teeth together). | |
| 2. v. to flatten (to make flat by applying pressure). | |
| 3. v. to rub, pinch (of shoes, to be too tight). | |
| 4. v. to constrict (of a collar, to be too tight). | |
| 5. v. to wring (to obtain by force) |
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