jumar

Meaning of jumar

noun

a clamp that is attached to a fixed rope and automatically tightens when weight is applied and relaxes when it is removed.

verb
  1. climb with the aid of a jumar.
    the second climber jumars up the fixed rope

1960s: originally in Swiss use, of unknown origin.

Information about jumar

  • The plural form of jumar is: jumars.
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Hyphenation of jumar

ju-mar

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
  • jumar is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with jumar

Cumar, syncumar, Tarahumar, chumar, Kumar

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