trammel

[US]/'træm(ə)l/
[UK]/'træml/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. restrain; confine; hinder
n. constraint; confinement; impediment
Word Forms
Third Person Singulartrammels
Past Participletrammelled
Pluraltrammels
Past Tensetrammelled
Present Participletrammelling

Phrases & Collocations

trammel net

trammel of wires

trammel hook

trammel points

trammel mechanism

Example Sentences

we will forge our own future, free from the trammels of materialism.

No longer trammel by his responsibility as chairman, he can say what he wish.

trammeled by debts. See also Synonyms at hinder 1

to trammel someone's freedom

to trammel a project with unnecessary rules

to trammel economic growth

to trammel a relationship

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