Holdfast

[hәuldfɑ:st]

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

Typed by Brooke

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Catch, hook.

Checked by Gregory