fastener

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

noun

1. any of various devices for fastening. fastening.
2. 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.
3. a worker who fastens things together.

Other Words From

• un·fasten·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fastener¹

First recorded in 1620–30; fasten + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Boeing removed every fastener on each of the five circumferential joins on all of those airplanes, about 2,000 fasteners for each join, and measured the gap at each hole — a so-called “through-hole” inspection.

From Seattle Times

The gold fastener will now be independently valued and Mr Needham will split the finder's fee with the landowner.

From BBC

Jonathan Needham, from Hucknall in Nottinghamshire, found the 3,000-year-old gold dress or cloak fastener at Ellastone, near Ashbourne.

From BBC

I rarely had to stop work to go get the perfect part or fastener.

From Seattle Times

The British Museum also announced some "significant" new finds made since 2022, including a late Bronze Age dress fastener.

From BBC

Related Words

• latch
• screw