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Definition of coupling noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

coupling

noun
 
/ˈkʌplɪŋ/
 
/ˈkʌplɪŋ/
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  1. [usually singular] an action of joining or combining two things
    • The coupling of fish and plant farming is not new.
  2. (formal) an act of having sex
    • illicit couplings
  3. (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.
    Topics Transport by bus and trainc2
See coupling in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee coupling in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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