๐๏ธ Clamp
Emoji Meaning
A metal clamp or vice, as screwed to hold or compress materials like wood or metal. Depicted as a C-clamp or F-clamp, its screw in various positions.
Commonly used for various content concerning tools, equipment, and technology. May also represent file compression in computer science. An image of a clamp, for example, is featured in the WinZip icon.
Twitter’s clamp is red. Samsung’s design previously featured a clamp around a cardboard box.
Clamp was approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014 under the name โCompressionโ and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
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Also Known As
- ๐๏ธ Clamp
- ๐๏ธ Table Vice
- ๐๏ธ WinZip
Apple Name
๐๏ธ Clamp
Unicode Name
๐๏ธ Compression
Codepoints
Shortcodes
- :clamp: (Github, Emojipedia)
- :compression: (Discord, Slack)
See also
- ๐๏ธ Building Construction
- ๐ฅ๏ธ Desktop Computer
- ๐๏ธ File Cabinet
- ๐ File Folder
- โ๏ธ Gear
- ๐จ Hammer
- โ๏ธ Hammer and Pick
- ๐ ๏ธ Hammer and Wrench
- ๐ฉ Nut and Bolt
- ๐ Open File Folder
- ๐ป Laptop
- ๐งฐ Toolbox
- ๐ Triangular Ruler
- ๐๏ธ Wastebasket
- ๐ง Wrench
Browse
- ๐๏ธ on Instagram
- ๐๏ธ on Twitter
- ๐๏ธ on Wikipedia
- ๐๏ธ on Yelp
- ๐๏ธ on YouTube
- ๐๏ธ on Google Trends
- ๐๏ธ on Nomad List
Proposals
- Compression Emoji Proposal: L2/11-052