PAPER FASTENER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A fastener for holding a sheet of paper in place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("paper fastener" is a kind of...):

fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paper fastener"):

staple (paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together)

drawing pin; pushpin; thumbtack (a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board)