Term: snatch block: a pulley-block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope
Broader: pulley: a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope | Unrelated: alpine glacier: a glacier that moves down from a high valley
Broader: pulley: a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope | Unrelated: film company: a company that makes, advertises, and distributes movies
Broader: pulley: a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope | Unrelated: first trimester: time period extending from the first day of the last menstrual period through 12 weeks of gestation
Broader: pulley: a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope | Unrelated: brain: that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
Broader: pulley: a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope | Unrelated: quest: the act of searching for something
Broader: pulley: a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope | Unrelated: typewriter: hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time
Broader: pulley: a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope | Unrelated: heart-leaved aster: perennial wood aster of eastern North America
Broader: pulley: a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope | Unrelated: headgear: the hoist at the pithead of a mine
Broader: pulley: a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope | Unrelated: contagious disease: any disease easily transmitted by contact
Broader: pulley: a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope | Unrelated: articulation: the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible