splice
verb/splaɪs/
Frequency rank: #14,814 most common English word
Meaning
to join or connect two pieces of rope, film, tape, or wire by overlapping or interweaving their ends.
Example sentence
The technician had to splice two pieces of cable together to restore the connection.
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