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safety pin
Word forms: plural safety pins
countable noun
A safety pin is a bent metal pin used for fastening things together. The point of the pin has a cover so that when the pin is closed it cannot hurt anyone.
...trousers which were held together with safety pins.
safety pin in British English
noun
1.
a spring wire clasp with a covering catch, made so as to shield the point when closed and to prevent accidental unfastening
2. another word for pin (sense 9)
safety pin in American English
a pin bent back on itself so as to form a spring, and having the point covered and held with a guard
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British English: safety pin /ˈseɪftɪ pɪn/ NOUN
A safety pin is a bent metal pin used for fastening things together. The point of the pin has a cover so that when the pin is closed it cannot hurt anyone.
...trousers which were held together with safety pins.
- American English: safety pin
- Arabic: دَبُوسُّ الَأمَان
- Brazilian Portuguese: alfinete
- Chinese: 别针
- Croatian: sigurnosna igla
- Czech: zavírací špendlík
- Danish: sikkerhedsnål
- Dutch: veiligheidsspeld
- European Spanish: imperdible
- Finnish: hakaneula
- French: épingle à nourrice
- German: Sicherheitsnadel
- Greek: παραμάνα
- Italian: spilla da balia
- Japanese: 安全ピン
- Korean: 안전핀
- Norwegian: sikkerhetsnål
- Polish: agrafka
- European Portuguese: alfinete
- Romanian: ac de siguranță
- Russian: английская булавка
- Latin American Spanish: imperdible
- Swedish: säkerhetsnål
- Thai: เข็มกลัด
- Turkish: kilitli iğne
- Ukrainian: англійська булавка
- Vietnamese: kim tây
Chinese translation of 'safety pin'
safety pin
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安全别(別)针(針)
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