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What is "Velcro" - Definition & Explanation

Nylon material made with both a surface of tiny hooks and a complementary surface of an adhesive pile, used in matching strips that can be pressed together or pulled apart for easy fastening and unfastening.

Closure material. Consists of fabric with small hooks that stick to a corresponding fabric of small loops.

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