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paper fastener

paper fastener noun: a stationery fastening device made of thin, soft metal, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.

paper fastener: a stationery fastening device made of thin, soft metal, with a round head and a flat, split shank,...
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Noun

paper fastener (plural paper fasteners)

  1. A stationery fastening device made of thin, soft metal, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.
    Synonyms:
    brass fastener, brad, split pin
  2. Any similar stationery fastening device.

paper fastener meaning in Tamil

paper fastener in Tamil

தாள் பொருத்தி

Synonyms of paper fastener

Forms of paper fastener

pluralpaper fasteners

Questions about paper fastener

What does paper fastener mean?
Paper fastener means a stationery fastening device made of thin, soft metal, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.
What is paper fastener in Tamil?
Paper fastener in Tamil is தாள் பொருத்தி. See Paper fastener meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is paper fastener?
Paper fastener is a noun.
What is the plural of paper fastener?
The plural of paper fastener is paper fasteners.

Words near paper fastener in the dictionary

  1. paper drivers
  2. paper enamel
  3. paper enamels
  4. paper factor
  5. paper factors
  6. paper fastener
  7. paper fasteners
  8. paper fight
  9. paper fights
  10. paper flier
  11. paper fliers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paper fastener (page history and authors); paper fastener (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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