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| bind |
to make secure by fastening, as with cord or the like. [1/13 definitions] |
| binding |
the act of fastening, securing, and holding tight or together. [2/6 definitions] |
| bolt1 |
a strong metal fastening rod with a shaped head at one end and a blunt threaded screw at the other, used with a matching threaded nut. [1/14 definitions] |
| carabiner |
a D-shaped coupling link with a safety closure used for fastening ropes in mountaineering. |
| clip2 |
a piece of jewelry attached by a fastening clip. [1/5 definitions] |
| cordon |
a showy cord or braid used as a fastening or ornament. [1/3 definitions] |
| hook and eye |
a clothes-fastening device having a small metal hook, on one side of the opening, that attaches to a loop or small bar on the other side. |
| knot1 |
a tight intertwining of material such as rope, string, yarn, or the like, usu. to form a fastening. [1/14 definitions] |
| latch |
a fastening or lock, as for a door, with a bar or bolt that falls or slides into a catch, slot, or hole. [1/2 definitions] |
| padlock |
a portable lock for fastening doors, boxes, cables, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| pillory |
in former times, a wooden structure that had holes for fastening the head and hands of someone who had violated the law and had been sentenced to public ridicule. [1/3 definitions] |
| shoelace |
a string or cord for fastening a shoe. |
| thong |
a narrow strip of leather or the like, used esp. as a fastening or as a whiplash. [1/2 definitions] |
| toggle |
a fastening of this sort used as an ornament on a jacket or coat. [1/4 definitions] |
| Velcro |
trademark for a fastening device consisting of a strip of nylon tape with tiny hooklike loops that attach to a strip with a matted surface, used esp. on clothing and cloth furnishings. |
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