Holdfast
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Holdfast is a noun meaning Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened.
Meaning
Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened.
More Meanings
- The aspect of a character that experiences destructive temptation.
- (biology) A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate.
- (archaic, medicine) Actinomycosis.
Example Sentences
And Ivy divided from the root, we have observed to live some years, by the cirrous parts commonly conceived but as tentacles and holdfasts unto it.
Alienation: A stage on the downside of the passage wherein the holdfast and the antihero take actions which bring about a disintegration of personality.
Word Forms
- holdfasts
Synonyms for holdfast
Depending on context, synonyms include fastening, fastener.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fastener, fastening, discoid, rhizoidal, mortise, adherend.
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