Meaning

2 senses
  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.

  2. Any similar stationery fastening device.

More definitions
  • a fastener for holding a sheet of paper in place

Translations

2 languages

Forms

plural: paper fasteners
Singularpaper fastener
Pluralpaper fasteners

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
fastening pin with split shank:bradsplit pinbrass fastener

See also

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