Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A device, such as a clip, pin, or clasp, that attaches something firmly to something else.
- noun A device, such as a seat belt, that secures a person or object.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which makes fast or firm; one who fastens; specifically, something used for fastening and unfastening, as in dress, or for making fast or fixed, as a mordant in dyeing.
- noun A warrant. Grose;
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun something or someone that
fastens - noun mechanically, any device that
fastens ; especially, a collective term for items such asscrews ,nuts ,washers ,bolts and the like
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
- noun a person who fastens or makes fast
Etymologies
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Examples
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The back was fairly low, just barely covering the thin fastener of her bra and her skin was warm as his fingers brushed against the creamy expanse.
The Boundaries of Consent (1/3) amberfocus 2008
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Ok, I'm not sure what a "lightning" fastener is -- something like a modern velcro-type fastener?
February 2005 2005
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Ok, I'm not sure what a "lightning" fastener is -- something like a modern velcro-type fastener?
Knitting curiosities 2005
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The lightning fastener is because men weren't supposed to go topless when they were "bathing."
Knitting curiosities 2005
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Not sure if it was April Fool's day, but a radio station in Long Island, NY once "punked" me in the mid-90's, by calling the fastener factory I worked at.
unknown title 2009
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The SerosaFuse fastener is delivered over a guiding stylet, minimizing tissue trauma by assuring the fastener is the largest device entering the involved tissue.
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The fastener is a disposable plastic bracelet like the ID bracelets new moms, dads and infants get tagged with at hospitals †if your kid breaks his bracelet to remove it, you’ll know.
DRM For Your Mouth: Anti-Thumb Sucking Technology Roundup | Thingamababy 2005
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For example, if a nail is holding together two pieces of wood, an accurate but broader description of the nail would be a "fastener," or you may simply state that one piece of wood is coupled with the second piece of wood.
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For example, if a nail is holding together two pieces of wood, an accurate but broader description of the nail would be a "fastener," or you may simply state that one piece of wood is coupled with the second piece of wood.
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For example, if a nail is holding together two pieces of wood, an accurate but broader description of the nail would be a "fastener," or you may simply state that one piece of wood is coupled with the second piece of wood.
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