"hook-and-loop fastener" meaning in All languages combined

See hook-and-loop fastener on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: hook-and-loop fasteners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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.”) Synonyms: Velcro [synonym, synonym-of], hook and loop fastener
    Sense id: en-hook-and-loop_fastener-en-noun-orjeX13v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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