Holdfast

What do we mean by holdfast?

Any of various devices used to fasten something securely. noun

An organ or structure of attachment, especially the basal, rootlike formation by which certain seaweeds or other algae are attached to a substrate. noun

The root-like organ of attachment developed by many of the algæ. Also haptere and rhizoid. noun

That which is used to secure and hold something in place; a catch; a hook; a clamp. noun

Support; hold. noun

Holding fast; firm; steady.

Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long flat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support. noun

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. noun

Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened. noun

A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate. noun

Actinomycosis. noun

Stick to firmly verb

Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place noun

Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened.

A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate.

Actinomycosis.

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The only online game where you can have actual fun without worrying about KDR or leveling up and just chill with everyone. It’s a napoleonic era game where you can choose factions to play with (prussia, russia, france, Britain, etc). It can also be fast paced but still incredibly enjoyable. Its much more enjoyable when you talk to your teammates as well. 10/10 imo Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to holdfast:
holdfast, hold fast, handfast, headfast, holdfasts, holds fast, held fast.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word holdfast:
thallus, frond, stipe, alga, midrib, sessile, stalk, lichen, stalked, seaweed, substrate, anchors, organism, blades, cylindrical, branched, flattened, algae, shores, branches, adelaide, bay, erect, outline, tips, blade, yacht, bowling, organisms, tip, sailors, kingston, trainer, brighton, anchor, saskatchewan, axis, narrow, attached, grow, acid, base, broad, flat, containing, generally, structure, wide, cells, cell, length, develop, long, recognized, growing, australia, surface, branch, short, above, sea, settlement, usually, species.

Words that rhyme with holdfast:
cast, broadcast, forecast, fast, last, contrast, aghast, blast, past, steadfast, vast, iconoclast, mast, miscast, caste, telecast, podcast, typecast, recast, overcast, outcast, passed, enthusiast, lambaste, hast, rebroadcast, bast, downcast, ghast, flabbergast, ast, harassed, asked, plast, nast, amassed, outlast, hold fast, simulcast, assed, rast, chast, precast, gast, sandblast, surpassed, unsurpassed, brast, snast, chloroplast, clast, gassed, at last, belfast, kast, everlast, newscast, massed, colorfast, superfast, glassed, classed, bypassed, grassed, sassed, go past, lightfast, at long last, religious outcast, outclassed, plaster cast, lymphoblast, stand fast, sand cast, weather forecast, bomb blast, mooring mast, leaf cast, cuban bast, jury mast, very fast, prendergast, first and last, needle cast, pendergast, solo blast, the last, thomas nast, mast-, blast-, royal mast, radio broadcast, dead hand of the past, tillinghast, amcast, comcast, polycast, qualcast, triplecast.

Adjectives that are often used to describe holdfast:
discoid, small, like, shaped, large, rhizoidal, common, single, fibrous, strong, basal, strongest, conical, massive, discoidal, rootlike, terminal, central, disklike, bulbous, inconspicuous, branched, simple, distinct, irregular, typical, tiny, conspicuous, greater, discshaped, broad, firm, secreted, rhizomatous, biochemical, substantial, temporary, minute, extensive, perennial, traditional, stout, tough, coarse, chief, anterior, disclike, solid, smaller, rounded, lobed, developed, sharp, gelatinous, stoloniferous, flat, digitate, mature.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective holdfast:
organ, material, roots, cells, cushion, length, mutants, organs, end, structures, discoid, papillae, disk, formation.

Words that sound like holdfast:
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