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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

F'ASTENER, n. One that makes fast or firm.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who fastens or makes fast; "he found the door fastened and wondered who the fastener was"
2: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place [syn: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing]

Merriam Webster's

noun see fasten

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fastener Fas"ten*er, n. One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fasteners) A fastener is a device such as a button, zip, or small hook that fastens something, especially clothing. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

adhesive, affixation, anchor, annexation, attachment, band, bandage, bar, barrette, bellyband, belt, bind, binding, binding stone, binding twine, bobby pin, bollard, bolt, bond, bonder, bondstone, box hook, brace, braces, brad, braid, buckle, button, cable, carpet tack, catch, chain, cinch, cincture, clamp, clasp, clasping, cleat, click, clinch, clip, clothespin, corking pin, cotter, dowel, fastening, fibula, fillet, fishhook, funiculus, garter, girding, girdle, girth, grab, grapnel, grappler, grappling iron, guy, hairpin, hank, hasp, hawser, haywire, hitch, hitching post, holdfast, hook, hook and eye, hooking, inkle, interlocker, kevel, kingpin, knot, lace, lacing, lariat, lashing, latch, latchet, leader, ligament, ligation, line, lock, loop, moorings, nail, noose, nut, padlock, paper clip, pawl, peg, pin, pintle, ring, rivet, roller, rope, safety pin, screw, seal, sennit, setscrew, skewer, slide fastener, snap, snubbing post, spike, splice, staple, sticking, strap, string, strop, stub tenon, suspenders, tack, tag, tendon, terret, thole, tholepin, thong, thumbtack, tie, tie beam, tieing, toggle, treenail, tug, twine, vise, whang, wire, zipper, zipping