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fastener
English
Etymology
fasten +? -er
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?fæs?n?/, /?fæsn?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??s?n?/, /?f??sn?/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?f??s?n?/, /?f??sn?/
- Hyphenation: fast?en?er, faste?ner
Noun
fastener (plural fasteners)
- Something or someone that fastens.
- Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.
- Synonym: clasp
Derived terms
- pop fastener
- snap fastener
- zip fastener
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (fasun?)
Translations
Further reading
- fastener on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Feenstra, fenestra, refasten
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latch
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: l?ch, IPA(key): /læt?/
- Rhymes: -æt?
Etymology 1
From Middle English lacchen (“to seize, catch, grasp”, verb), from Old English læ??an (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”), from Proto-Germanic *lakjan?, *lakwijan?, *lakkijan? (“to seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh?g-, *(s)leh?g?- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lakken (“to grasp, catch”).
Verb
latch (third-person singular simple present latches, present participle latching, simple past and past participle latched)
- To close or lock as if with a latch.
- (transitive) To catch; lay hold of.
Derived terms
- latch on
- latch on to
- latch onto
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English latche, lacche (“a latch; a trap”), from lacchen (“to seize, catch, grasp”), from Old English læ??an (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”). See above for more.
Noun
latch (plural latches)
- A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 4
- The cleverly constructed latch which Clayton had made for the door had sprung as Kerchak passed out; nor could the apes find means of ingress through the heavily barred windows.
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 4
- A flip-flop electronic circuit
- (obsolete) A latching.
- (obsolete) A crossbow.
- (obsolete) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of The Romaunt of the Rose to this entry?)
- A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.
- (databases) A lightweight lock to protect internal structures from being modified by multiple concurrent accesses.
Derived terms
- on the latch
Translations
Alternative forms
- lech, letch
Etymology 3
Compare French lécher (“to lick”).
Verb
latch (third-person singular simple present latches, present participle latching, simple past and past participle latched)
- (obsolete) To smear; to anoint.
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