About The Word Holdfast
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Holdfast
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What's The Definition Of Holdfast?
[n] restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
Synonyms | Synonyms for Holdfast: fastener | fastening | fixing Related Terms | Find terms related to Holdfast: See Also | bellyband | buckle | button | carabiner | catch | clasp | cleat | clip | clothes peg | clothes pin | clothespin | constraint | corrugated fastener | cottar | cotter | cringle | dowel | dowel pin | eyelet | fillet | grommet | grummet | hook and eye | joggle | karabiner | knot | lashing | link | linkup | lock | locker | loop | nail | nut and bolt | paper fastener | pin | press stud | restraint | screw | seal | sealing wax | slide fastener | snap fastener | snap ring | stopping | tie | tie-in | wiggle nail | zip | zip-fastener | zipper Holdfast In Webster's Dictionary \Hold"fast`\, n.
1. Something used to secure and hold in place something else,
as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a
clamp, etc.; hence, a support. ``His holdfast was gone.''
--Bp. Montagu.
2. (Bot.) A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is
attached to its support, and differing from a root in that
it is not specially absorbent of moisture.
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