Clothespin
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noun.
A clip of wood or plastic for fastening clothes to a clothesline.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A forked piece of wood or a small spring-clip for fastening clothes on a clothes-line.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A forked piece of wood or plastic, or a small device with a spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
clip
or
fastener
used to secure garments to a
clothesline
while drying.
verb.
To
affix
with a clothespin.
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noun.
wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline
noun.
wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline
Word Usage
"And then he informed me that attached to the clothespin was a sign that said, ‘I’m a dork.’"
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
fastener
fastening
fixing
holdfast
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
batik
bear-trap
bright-winged
butterfly/hummingbird
filling-in
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
clothes peg