[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:He nailed cleats into the sides of the bookcase to keep the supports from slipping.", "a strip of metal, wood, or the like, fastened across a surface, as a ramp or gangway, to provide sure footing or to maintain an object in place.", "a strip of wood, metal, etc., fastened across a surface, as of a plank or series of adjacent planks, for strength or support.", "a conical or rectangular projection, usually of hard rubber, or a metal strip with sharp projections, built into or attached to the sole of a shoe to provide greater traction.", "a shoe fitted with such projections.", "a metal plate fastened to the sole or heel of a shoe, to protect against wear.", "Shipbuilding.a hook-shaped piece of metal supporting a small structural member.", "Also called belaying cleat belaying cleat.Nautical.an object of wood or metal having one or two projecting horns to which ropes may be , especially as fixed to the deck, bulkhead, or stanchion of a vessel.", "the cleavage plane of coal as found in a mine."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to supply or strengthen with cleats; fasten to or with a cleat."]}]