Usually means: Closure system for garments, fastening.
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  1. hook and eye: Merriam-Webster
  2. hook and eye: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hook and eye: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hook and eye: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hook and eye: Vocabulary.com
  6. hook and eye: Wordnik
  7. hook and eye: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hook and eye: Wiktionary
  9. hook and eye: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. hook and eye: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Hook and eye, hook and eye: Dictionary.com
  12. Hook and eye: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. hook and eye: Rhymezone
  14. hook and eye: FreeDictionary.org
  15. hook and eye: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. hook and eye: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. hook and eye: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hook and eye)

▸ noun:  A matched hook and an eye (loop into which the hook can fit), used for fastening.

Similar:
agrafe, eyelet, latching, coathook, buttonhook, fastening, eyebolt, forehook, armhook, stay, more...

Opposite:
button, zipper, velcro, clasp, fastener

Types:
single hook and eye, double hook and eye, triple hook and eye, sew-on hook and eye, slide hook and eye, hidden hook and eye, more...

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Similar:
agrafe, eyelet, latching, coathook, buttonhook, fastening, eyebolt, forehook, armhook, stay, more...

Opposite:
button, zipper, velcro, clasp, fastener

Types:
single hook and eye, double hook and eye, triple hook and eye, sew-on hook and eye, slide hook and eye, hidden hook and eye, more...



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