attach
/əˈtæt͡ʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.75 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To include an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication).
Example Sentences
- "You need to attach the carabiner to your harness."
- "An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship."
- "[T]he ſhoulder-blade has no bony communication with the trunk, either by a joint, or proceſs, or in any other way. […] It is bedded in the fleſh; attached only to the muſcles."
- "A huge stone, to which the cable on the left bank was attached, was removed years later"
- "Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work."
- "The great interest which attaches to the mere knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: attachen, atachier, *stakkā, *stakô