Meaning

2 senses
  1. A fastener used in clothing, bags, etc, comprised of two rows of teeth that are made to fit into each other by moving a slider along their length and opened again by moving the slider in the other direction.

    Reißverschluss, Zippverschluss

    застёжка-мо́лнияzastjóžka-mólnija, мо́лнияmólnija, зме́йкаzméjka

    бли́скавкаblýskavka, за́стібка-бли́скавкаzástibka-blýskavka, змі́йкаzmíjka

  2. A pressure-sensitive plastic closure.

More definitions
  • a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab

Examples

1 sentences
  1. What did the businessman say when he invented the zip-fastener?

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Translations

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a fastener used in clothing, bags:
Русский
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a fastener used in clothing, bags:
Deutsch
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a fastener used in clothing, bags:

Forms

plural: zip fasteners
Singularzip fastener
Pluralzip fasteners

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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