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close-up of a woman's hands, wearing white gloves, as she hammers in a nail to join two pieces of wood together - illustrating the concept of fastening things together

Binding, nailing, and gluing: talking about fastening things together

On By Liz WalterIn Synonyms, the English language, Vocabulary8 Comments

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close-up of a woman's hands, wearing white gloves, as she hammers in a nail to join two pieces of wood together - illustrating the concept of fastening things together
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by Liz Walter

Today’s post is about words we use for fastening and unfastening things.

The verbs fasten and attach are very general. It doesn’t matter what you use to join the parts together: it could be glue, buttons, string – anything! Secure is also general and emphasizes how strongly the things are joined. Continue reading “Binding, nailing, and gluing: talking about fastening things together” →