pin




a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things


Type of:
  • fastener; fastening; holdfast; fixing

Types:
  • barrette
  • bitt pin
  • hairpin
  • hatpin
  • linchpin; lynchpin
  • peg; nog
  • rivet
  • safety pin
  • skewer
  • straight pin
  • wrist pin; gudgeon pin


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