Attachment

Quick meaning: Attachment is a noun meaning The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.

Meaning

The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.

More Meanings

1. A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
2. A dependence, especially a strong one.
3. A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
4. The means by which something is physically attached.
5. (computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
6. (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
7. (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.

Example Sentences

attachment of earnings

I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!

Zimchenko's phone had a tape attachment, […]

[The umbilical cord is] the attachment connecting the fetus with the placenta.

Word Forms

• attachments

Synonyms for attachment

Depending on context, synonyms include adherence, fastening, bond.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include adherence, fastening, bond, attache, bonding, enclosed.

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