n. mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, bolts and the like
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who or that which makes fast or firm; one who fastens; specifically, something used for fastening and unfastening, as in dress, or for making fast or fixed, as a mordant in dyeing.
n. A warrant. Grose;
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n. restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
n. a person who fastens or makes fast
Word Usage
"The back was fairly low, just barely covering the thin fastener of her bra and her skin was warm as his fingers brushed against the creamy expanse."