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hook-and-loop fasteners

hook-and-loop fasteners is the plural of hook-and-loop fastener.

Meaning of hook-and-loop fastener

Noun

hook-and-loop fastener (plural hook-and-loop fasteners)

  1. Synonym of Velcro (“a fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with miniature fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can still be pulled apart.”).
    • Closure for the envelope strap is provided by the new hook and loop fastener, “Velcro,” which does the work of buckles or laces.1959 January 15, Boot and Shoe Recorder 1959-01-15: Vol 155 Iss 4
    Synonyms:
    Velcro

Questions about hook-and-loop fasteners

What is hook-and-loop fasteners the plural of?
Hook-and-loop fasteners is the plural of hook-and-loop fastener.

Words near hook-and-loop fasteners in the dictionary

  1. hook-and-bullet
  2. hook-and-liner
  3. hook-and-liners
  4. hook-and-loop
  5. hook-and-loop fastener
  6. hook-and-loop fasteners
  7. hook-and-loops
  8. hook-and-pile fastener
  9. hook-bill
  10. hook-eared
  11. hook-eared sculpin

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