fastener

[ fas-uh-ner, fah-suh- ]

/ ˈfæs ə nər, ˈfɑ sə- /

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noun

any of various devices for fastening.

any of various devices, as a snap or hook and eye, for holding together two objects or parts sometimes required to be separate, as two edges or flaps of a piece of clothing.

a worker who fastens things together.

Origin of fastener

First recorded in 1620–30; fasten + -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM fastener

un·fas·ten·er, noun

Words nearby fastener

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Example sentences from the Web for fastener

He rushed forward and seized it in his grasp so violently that he knocked it down with its fastener.
The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 (of 8)|Guy de Maupassant 1850-1893
It paused before the door, and in another instant a wary hand was at work upon the fastener.
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art|Various
The use of each plate is determined by the type of fastener.
American Military Insignia 1800-1851|J. Duncan Campbell and Edgar M. Howell.
In this case no improvement has been made in the English fastener.
Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879|Various

She heard the creak of wood, the clatter of the iron bar falling into the fastener.
The Call of the Blood|Robert Smythe Hichens