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fas·ten·er

(făs′ə-nər)

1. A device, such as a clip, pin, or clasp, that attaches something firmly to something else.

2. A device, such as a seat belt, that secures a person or object.

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Noun	1.	fastener - a person who fastens or makes fast; "he found the door fastened and wondered who the fastener was" individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	2.	fastener - restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place fastening, holdfast, fixing bellyband - a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon buckle - fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong button - a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes carabiner, karabiner, snap ring - an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes catch - a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window clasp - a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together cleat - a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured clinch - the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet clip - any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together clothes peg, clothes pin, clothespin - wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline corrugated fastener, wiggle nail - a small strip of corrugated steel with sharp points on one side; hammered across wood joints in rough carpentry cottar, cotter - fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together cringle, grommet, grummet, loop, eyelet - fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines dowel, dowel pin, joggle - a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together stopping, fillet - fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members hook and eye - a kind of fastener used on clothing knot - any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object lashing - rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together by lashings" linkup, tie-in, link, tie - a fastener that serves to join or connect; "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction" lock - a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed locker - a fastener that locks or closes nail - a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener nut and bolt - a fastener made by screwing a nut onto a threaded bolt paper fastener - a fastener for holding a sheet of paper in place pin - a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things constraint, restraint - a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted" screw - a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head seal - fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure seal, sealing wax - fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper, zip - a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab press stud, snap fastener, snap - a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound; "children can manage snaps better than buttons" toggle - a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable) toggle bolt - a fastener consisting of a threaded bolt and a hinged spring-loaded toggle; used to fasten objects to hollow walls

fastener

noun

A device for fastening or for checking motion:

catch, clasp, hook.

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cierre seguro

fastener

[ˈfɑːsnəʳ] N [of necklace, bag, box] → cierre m; (on dress) → corchete m; (for papers) → grapa f; (= zip fastener) → cremallera f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fasten

(ˈfaːsn) verb

to fix or join (together). Fasten the gate!; She fastened a flower to the front of her dress; He fastened his eyes upon her face.fijar

ˈfastener noun

something that fastens things (together). a zip-fastener.cierre

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My hat had gone, and my collar had burst away from its fastener. A few minutes before, there had only been three real things before me--the immensity of the night and space and nature, my own feeble- ness and anguish, and the near approach of death.

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In this there was surely something mysterious, and she indulged in the flattering suggestion for half a minute, till the possibility of the door's having been at first unlocked, and of being herself its fastener, darted into her head, and cost her another blush.

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Take twenty dozen of these fasteners and I'll not visit any other store.

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Raking the samples of col- lar fasteners off the counter into a black leather bag, he ran.

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Barred windows are usually devoid of other fasteners worthy the name; this one was no exception to that foolish rule, and a push with the pen-knife did its business.

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Large sitting-room on the right side, well furnished, with long windows almost to the floor, and those preposterous English window fasteners which a child could open.

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