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Bezel
noun · 78% connection
The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pins, fastens.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pins, fastens.
Bow
verb · 78% connection
The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pins, fastens.
Center
noun · 78% connection
One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pins, fastens.
Clasp
verb · 78% connection
To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pins, fastens.
Fast
noun · 78% connection
That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pins, fastens.
Fluke
noun · 78% connection
The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pins, fastens.
Gill
noun · 78% connection
One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pins, fastens.
Haberdasher
noun · 78% connection
A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread; also, a hatter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pins, fastens.
Keyhole
noun · 78% connection
A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key which fastens them.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pins, fastens.
Latch
noun · 78% connection
That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pins, fastens.
Latchet
noun · 78% connection
The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pins, fastens.
Lock
noun · 78% connection
Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pins, fastens.
Monogram
noun · 78% connection
A character or cipher composed of two or more letters interwoven or combined so as to represent a name, or a part of it (usually the i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pins, fastens.
Moot
noun · 78% connection
A ring for gauging wooden pins.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pins, fastens.
Nailer
noun · 78% connection
One who fastens with, or drives, nails.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pins, fastens.
Ninepins
n. pl. · 78% connection
A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pins, fastens.
Paper
noun · 78% connection
A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pins, fastens.
