Velcro
pronunciation
How to pronounce Velcro in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce Velcro in American English:
US
Word Origin
- Velcro (n.)
- 1958, proprietary name (Britain), from French vel(ours) cro(ché) "hooked velvet." Here is a nonmetallic fastener with no mechanical parts. It is simply two strips of nylon, one woven with thousands of tiny protruding hooks, the other with loops. Pressed together, they catch like a burr to clothing, can't be parted except by peeling. American Velcro, Manchester, N.H., makes them to hold anything from pants to upholstery. ["Popular Science," December 1958]
Example
- 1. These are the nylon hooks and loops of velcro
- 2. How do you think we discovered antimatter and velcro ?
- 3. But the velcro offered us too many invitations .
- 4. Velcro is a registered trademark .
- 5. Who do you think introduced velcro to the persian gulf ?