Fastener

[fas-uh-ner, fah-suh-] /ˈfæs ə nər, ˈfɑ sə-/

noun
1.
any of various devices for .
2.
any of various devices, as a snap or hook and eye, for holding together two objects or parts sometimes required to be separate, as two edges or flaps of a piece of clothing.
3.
a worker who things together.

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