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verb / noun

splice

SPLYS/splaɪs/

To connect separate lengths or sections, or the junction made this way.

The splice joins the two rope ends with interwoven strands.

Close-up of two three-strand rope ends being joined by a short splice, with their loosened strands visibly interwoven into one continuous rope rather than tied in a knot.
Etymology
spliceMiddle Dutchto splice

From Middle Dutch splissen, splice entered English as a sailors’ term for joining ropes by interweaving their end strands. It later broadened to joining other materials.

In context

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More examples

  • A neat splice joins the rope's separate lengths.
  • She spliced the damaged film before projecting it.
  • The editor checks each splice in the recording.

Forms

splice · splices · spliced · splicing

Similar words

join
Join is general; splice connects ends, often by interweaving or overlapping them.
weld
Weld fuses material through heat or pressure; splice joins ends through a mechanical or interwoven connection.