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Meaning of FASTENER

Pronunciation:  'fasunur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
  2. [n]  a person who fastens or makes fast; "he found the door fastened and wondered who the fastener was"
 
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 Synonyms: fastening, fixing, holdfast
 
 See Also: bellyband, buckle, button, carabiner, catch, clasp, cleat, clip, clothes peg, clothes pin, clothespin, constraint, corrugated fastener, cottar, cotter, cringle, dowel, dowel pin, eyelet, fillet, grommet, grummet, hook and eye, human, individual, joggle, karabiner, knot, lashing, link, linkup, lock, locker, loop, mortal, nail, nut and bolt, paper fastener, person, pin, press stud, restraint, screw, seal, sealing wax, slide fastener, snap fastener, snap ring, somebody, someone, soul, stopping, tie, tie-in, wiggle nail, zip, zip-fastener, zipper

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Fas"ten*er\, n.
One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: adhesive, affixation, anchor, annexation, attachment, band, bandage, bar, barrette, bellyband, belt, bind, binding, binding stone, binding twine, bobby pin, bollard, bolt, bond, bonder, bondstone, box hook, brace, braces, brad, braid, buckle, button, cable, carpet tack, catch, chain, cinch, cincture, clamp, clasp, clasping, cleat, click, clinch, clip, clothespin, corking pin, cotter, dowel, fastening, fibula, fillet, fishhook, funiculus, garter, girding, girdle, girth, grab, grapnel, grappler, grappling iron, guy, hairpin, hank, hasp, hawser, haywire, hitch, hitching post, holdfast, hook, hook and eye, hooking, inkle, interlocker, kevel, kingpin, knot, lace, lacing, lariat, lashing, latch, latchet, leader, ligament, ligation, line, lock, loop, moorings, nail, noose, nut, padlock, paper clip, pawl, peg, pin, pintle, ring, rivet, roller, rope, safety pin, screw, seal, sennit, setscrew, skewer, slide fastener, snap, snubbing post, spike, splice, staple, sticking, strap, string, strop, stub tenon, suspenders, tack, tag, tendon, terret, thole, tholepin, thong, thumbtack, tie, tie beam, tieing, toggle, treenail, tug, twine, vise, whang, wire, zipper, zipping
 

 

 

 

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