Attachment

/əˈtætʃmənt/ noun

The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.

Meaning

  1. (noun) The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
  2. (noun) A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something. “I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!”
  3. (noun) A dependence, especially a strong one.
  4. (noun) A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
  5. (noun) The means by which something is physically attached.
  6. (noun) A file sent along with an email.
  7. (noun) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt. “attachment of earnings”
  8. (noun) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash. “2009, Jakke Mäkelä, Eero Karvinen, Niko Porjo, Antti Mäkelä and Tapio Tuomi, Attachment of Natural Lightning Flashes to Trees: Preliminary Statistical Characteristics, published in the Journal of Lightning Research, volume 1”

Letter breakdown

  • Attachment contains 10 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 7 consonant(s).
  • It uses 7 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 3.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 17.

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Reader questions

What does Attachment mean?

The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.

How many letters are in Attachment?

Attachment has 10 letters.

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