1. A file or document sent along with an email
   "Please find the report in the email attachment"
    
2. The act of fastening things together
   "The attachment of the two pieces required a special adhesive";
   - fastening
    
3. The act of attaching or affixing something
   "The attachment of the company logo to all official documents was mandatory";
   - affixation
    
4. A connection that fastens things together
   "The metal attachment secured the shelf to the wall";
   - bond
    
5. A supplementary part or accessory
   "The vacuum cleaner came with several attachments for different cleaning tasks"
    
6. A feeling of affection for a person or an institution
   "He had an attachment for his old university";
   - fond regard
    
7. Faithfully following a program, regime, party or religion
   "attachment to a formal agenda";
   - adherence, adhesion
    
8. (law) a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
   "The court issued an attachment on the defendant's bank accounts"

Derived forms: attachments

Type of: addition, add-on, affection, affectionateness, combination, combining, compounding, connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion [Brit], fondness, heart, improver, joining, judicial writ, philia, support, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness, writ

Encyclopedia: Attachment