Meanings
plural fasteners
- Something or someone that fastens.
metal fastener
4 more examples
The mechanic replaced the damaged fastener.
This type of fastener is resistant to corrosion.
industrial fastener
tighten a fastener
- Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.
Synonyms: fastening
Synonyms & antonyms
nounMechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.
More synonyms by meaning
nounrestraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek βλῆτρον
- βλῆτρον (blêtron)any device that fastens
Bulgarian закопчалка
- закопчалка (zakopčalka)any device that fastens
Chinese Mandarin 緊固物 /紧固物, 鋏 /铗
- 緊固物 /紧固物 (jǐngùwù)something or someone that fastens
- 鋏 /铗 (jiá)something or someone that fastens
Dutch bevestigingsonderdeel, hechtmiddel
- bevestigingsonderdeelany device that fastens
- hechtmiddelany device that fastens
- sluitingsomething or someone that fastens
Esperanto fermilo, fiksilo
- fermiloany device that fastens
- fiksiloany device that fastens
Finnish kiinnitin, kiinnittäjä
- kiinnitinany device that fastens
- kiinnittäjäsomething or someone that fastens
French fermeture, attache
- fermetureany device that fastens
- attacheany device that fastens
- fermeturesomething or someone that fastens
German Befestigungsmittel, Befestigungselement
- Befestigungsmittelany device that fastens
- Befestigungselementany device that fastens
- Befestigerany device that fastens
- Verbinderany device that fastens
- Verschlusssomething or someone that fastens
- Schlosssomething or someone that fastens
- Schließesomething or someone that fastens
- Schließersomething or someone that fastens
- Halterungsomething or someone that fastens
- Klammersomething or someone that fastens
- Befestigersomething or someone that fastens
- Befestigungselementsomething or someone that fastens
Irish fáiscín, ceangal
- fáiscínany device that fastens
- ceangalany device that fastens
- dúntóirany device that fastens
- ceanglóirany device that fastens
Japanese ファスナー
- ファスナー (fasunā)something or someone that fastens
Korean 잠금장치, 파스너
- 잠금장치 (jamgeumjangchi)any device that fastens
- 파스너 (paseuneo)something or someone that fastens
Māori tāmau
- tāmauany device that fastens
Polish zapięcie
- zapięcieany device that fastens
Russian застёжка, крепёж
- застёжка (zastjóžka)any device that fastens
- крепёж (krepjóž)any device that fastens
- крепёжное изде́лие (krepjóžnoje izdélije)any device that fastens
- застёжка (zastjóžka)something or someone that fastens
- агра́ф (agráf)something or someone that fastens
Spanish cerrador, fijador
- cerradorany device that fastens
- fijadorsomething or someone that fastens
- sujetadorasomething or someone that fastens
- agrafesomething or someone that fastens
- sujetadorsomething or someone that fastens
Tagalog talasok
- talasoksomething or someone that fastens
Ukrainian за́стібка
- за́стібка (zástibka)something or someone that fastens
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Cite this entry
fastener. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fastener
“fastener.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fastener. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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