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CLOTHES PIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clothes pin mean? 

CLOTHES PIN (noun)
  The noun CLOTHES PIN has 1 sense:

1. wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clotheslineplay

  Familiarity information: CLOTHES PIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLOTHES PIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

clothes peg; clothes pin; clothespin

Hypernyms ("clothes pin" is a kind of...):

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


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