coupling
noun/ˈkʌplɪŋ/
/ˈkʌplɪŋ/
- [usually singular] an action of joining or combining two things
- The coupling of fish and plant farming is not new.
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- (formal) an act of having sex
- illicit couplings
- (specialist) a thing that joins together two parts of something, two vehicles or two pieces of equipment
- The coupling was designed to fit the grooves in the pipe.
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