"hook and eye" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hooks and eyes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|hooks and eyes}} hook and eye (plural hooks and eyes)
  1. A matched hook and an eye (loop into which the hook can fit), used for fastening. Categories (topical): Fasteners Hyponyms (temporary fastener): closure, fastener Related terms: eye hook, eye bolt Coordinate_terms (temporary fastener): button, clasp, hasp, latch, Velcro, zipper Translations (a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening): телено копче (teleno kopče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), gafet [masculine] (Catalan), 风纪扣 (fēngjìkòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 风纪扣儿 (fēngjìkòur) (Chinese Mandarin), agrafo (Esperanto), hakanen ja vastakappale (Finnish), agrafe et porte (French), Heftel [neuter] (German), Haftel [neuter] (German), κόπιτσα (kópitsa) [feminine] (Greek), agrafo (Ido), lúb is corrán (Irish), crúca is cró [masculine] (Irish), hekte og malje (Norwegian Bokmål), hekte og malje (Norwegian Nynorsk), hekte og melle (Norwegian Nynorsk), haftka [feminine] (Polish), крючо́к (krjučók) (english: usual and very ambiguous) (Russian), corchete [masculine] (Spanish), hyska och hake (Swedish), kopça (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "temporary fastener",
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        "A matched hook and an eye (loop into which the hook can fit), used for fastening."
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          "word": "closure"
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          "roman": "teleno kopče",
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          "roman": "fēngjìkòu",
          "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
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          "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
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          "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
          "word": "agrafo"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
          "word": "hakanen ja vastakappale"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
          "word": "agrafe et porte"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
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            "neuter"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kópitsa",
          "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
          "word": "agrafo"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
          "word": "lúb is corrán"
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          "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
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        },
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
          "word": "hekte og malje"
        },
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          "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
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          "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
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          "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
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          "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
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          "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
          "word": "hyska och hake"
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          "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
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      "word": "телено копче"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
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      "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
      "word": "风纪扣"
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      "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
      "word": "agrafo"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
      "word": "hakanen ja vastakappale"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
      "word": "agrafe et porte"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "Heftel"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
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      "word": "Haftel"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kópitsa",
      "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
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      "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
      "word": "agrafo"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
      "word": "lúb is corrán"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
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      "word": "crúca is cró"
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      "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
      "word": "hekte og malje"
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      "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
      "word": "крючо́к"
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      "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
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      "word": "corchete"
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      "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
      "word": "hyska och hake"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "a matched hook and an eye, used for fastening",
      "word": "kopça"
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