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Fastener has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a person who fastens or makes fast

"he found the door fastened and wondered who the fastener was"

2

restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

"She tightened the plastic fastener on her backpack before climbing onto the bus."

3

Something or someone that fastens.

"The old machine's broken fastener refused to hold the metal plates together, forcing me to find a replacement before I could finish building the shed."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
person restraint
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
bellyband buckle button carabiner catch clasp cleat clinch clip clothespin corrugated fastener cotter cringle dowel fillet hook and eye knot lashing link lock locker nail nut and bolt paper fastener pin screw seal sealing wax slide fastener snap toggle toggle bolt
Rhyming Words
ner oner tiner inner saner niner avner viner boner liner doner runer ziner toner epner awner fener naner owner exner
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