Meaning & use
hilt
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The handle of a sword, dagger, or knife.
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He gripped the hilt tightly before drawing the blade.
The sword's hilt was engraved with an ancient family crest.
A note on using this word
Common in the idiom "to the hilt," meaning completely or fully, as in "armed to the hilt."
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