zip fastener
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zip fastener — zip ,fastener noun count BRITISH FORMAL a ZIPPER … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
zip fastener — noun a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab • Syn: ↑slide fastener, ↑zip, ↑zipper • Derivationally related forms: ↑zipper (for: ↑zipper), ↑zip ( … Useful english dictionary
zip fastener — noun A fastener used in clothing, bags, etc, made up of two rows of teeth that are made to fit into each other by moving a slider along their length and opened again by moving the slider in the other direction. Syn: slide fastener, zip, zipper … Wiktionary
zip-fastener — /zɪp ˈfasnə/ (say zip fahsnuh) noun → zip1 (def. 1) …
zip fastener — noun Date: 1927 chiefly British zipper … New Collegiate Dictionary
zip fastener — zipper … English contemporary dictionary
zip-fastener — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷ noun chiefly Britain : zipper … Useful english dictionary
zip — [zip] n. [echoic] 1. a short, sharp hissing or whizzing sound, as of a passing bullet 2. Informal energy; vigor; vim 3. Chiefly Brit. ZIPPER: also zip fastener 4. Slang nothing; zero [the player was zip for 12 at the line] … English World dictionary
zip — 1. noun /zɪp/ a) The high pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air. b) Energy; vigor; vim Syn: whizz, zing, slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper 2. interjection /zɪp/ … Wiktionary
fastener — noun 1. a person who fastens or makes fast he found the door fastened and wondered who the fastener was • Derivationally related forms: ↑fasten • Hypernyms: ↑person, ↑individual, ↑someone, ↑somebody, ↑mor … Useful english dictionary
