Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A short length of wire encased in a strip of paper, plastic, or foil, designed to be twisted around an item or items as a fastener.
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- noun A metal wire that is encased in a thin strip of paper or plastic and is used to tie the openings of bags, such as garbage bags or bread bags.
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A twist tie is a fastener made of one or more metal wires encased in a thin strip of paper or plastic, in such a way that it can bend and retain its shape. Wireless polymeric twist ties have also been developed.
Twist tie - Wikipedia Contributors to Wikimedia projects 2023
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If you buy bread or hamburger rolls at the grocery store, you've probably taken off a clip or a twist tie to get at the baked good. Over the course of a year of buying bread, that adds up to a lot of bread tags and twist ties.
15 Fab Reuses for Bread Tags and Twist Ties Alia Hoyt 2024
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I saw my cat batting around a metal twist tie, the kind that comes on packaging (not the paper covered ones), about two inches long, a bit scrunched up.
Why Do Cats Like Twist Ties? | Expert Q&A on Cat Health 2025
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