attachment has definitions from the fields of law,writing
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[ noun ] a supplementary part or accessory

Used in print

(Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)

If you have a planting of half an acre or more you may want to buy a small garden tractor ( available for $ 300 to $ 500 with attachments , 1960 prices ) .

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addition

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[ noun ] a feeling of affection for a person or an institution

Synonyms

fond_regard

Used in print

(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)

For most Brooklyn_College students , college is at_once a perpetuation of their ethnic attachments and a breaking_away from the cage of neighborhood and family .

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affection bind

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[ noun ] the act of attaching something

Synonyms

affixation

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[ noun ] a connection that fastens things together

Synonyms

bond

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connection ligament adhere

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[ noun ] faithful support for a religion or cause or political party

Synonyms

adherence adhesion

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[ noun ] (law,writing) a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding

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writ law

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[ noun ] the act of fastening things together

Synonyms

fastening

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