attachment
[ uh-tach-muhnt ]
/ əˈtætʃ mənt /
Save This Word!
noun
SYNONYMS FOR attachment
QUIZZES
THINK YOU’VE GOT A HANDLE ON THIS US STATE NICKNAME QUIZ?
Did you ever collect all those state quarters? Put them to good use on this quiz about curious state monikers and the facts around them.
Question 1 of 8
Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?
Origin of attachment
synonym study for attachment
5. See addition.
OTHER WORDS FROM attachment
Words nearby attachment
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for attachment
British Dictionary definitions for attachment
attachment
/ (əˈtætʃmənt) /
noun
a means of securing; a fastening
(often foll by to) affection or regard (for); devotion (to)attachment to a person or to a cause
an object to be attached, esp a supplementary partan attachment for an electric drill
the act of attaching or the state of being attached
- the arrest of a person for disobedience to a court order
- the lawful seizure of property and placing of it under control of a court
- a writ authorizing such arrest or seizure
law the binding of a debt in the hands of a garnishee until its disposition has been decided by the court
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012