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Velcro

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Vel·cro  (vlkr)
A trademark used for a fastening tape consisting of a strip of nylon with a surface of minute hooks that fasten to a corresponding strip with a surface of uncut pile. This trademark sometimes occurs in print in lowercase.

Velcro [ˈvɛlkrəʊ]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles)™ a fastening consisting of two strips of nylon fabric, one having tiny hooked threads and the other a coarse surface, that form a strong bond when pressed together
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Velcro - nylon fabric used as a fasteningVelcro - nylon fabric used as a fastening    
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product
Verb1.Velcro - fasten with Velcrovelcro - fasten with Velcro; "velcro the belt"
fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
Translations
Velcro® [ˈvelkrəʊ] Nvelcro ® m

Velcro® [ˈvɛlkrəʊ]
nvelcro® m
modif [fastening, tab] → en velcro Velcro® strip
Velcro® strip nbande f velcro

Velcro®
nKlettband nt
adj Velcro® fastenerKlettverschluss® m

Velcro® [ˈvɛlkrəʊ] nvelcro ®

Velcro فيلكرو® suchý zip velcro Klettband ταινία Velcro® velcro tarranauha Velcro čičak traka Velcro® マジックテープ 벨크로 Velcro® borrelås rzep velcro «липучка» kardborrband เวลโคร ไนล่อนสองชิ้นที่ยึดสิ่งของให้ติดแน่น ใช้แทนซิป กระดุมและขอเกี่ยว cırt bant miếng dán Velcro® 维可牢尼龙搭扣


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Performed by Parker and Jeffrey Kazin, wearing neck-to-toe Velcro suits, the dance dramatizes the consequences of being stuck on one another.
He reckons that, in future, all shirts should be made of little Velcro strips.
But soon Mestral was selling over sixty million yards of Velcro per year.
 
 
 
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