zip fastener


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Noun1.zip fastener - a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tabzip fastener - a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
slide fastener, zipper, zip
cardigan - knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper
dress, frock - a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing - restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
skirt - a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
trouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers"
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Translations
زمام الثِياب، سَحّاب
zdrhovadlozip
lynlås
vetoketju
cipzár
rennilás
ジッパー
rajsferšlusрајсфершлус

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(zip) noun
1. (also ˈzipper) a zip fastener.
2. a whizzing sound. They heard the zip of a flying bullet.
verb – past tense, past participle zipped –
1. to fasten with a zip fastener. She zipped up her trousers; This dress zips at the back.
2. to move with a whizzing sound. A bullet zipped past his head.
zip fastener (usually zipor ˈzipper)
a device for fastening clothes etc, in which two rows of metal or nylon teeth are made to fit each other when a sliding tab is pulled along them.
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