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Holdfast

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Noun

1. fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast

restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Holdfast

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noun
1. 
a. 
the act of gripping strongly
b. 
such a grip
2. 
any device used to secure an object, such as a hook, clamp, etc
3. 
the organ of attachment of a seaweed or related plant

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Holdfast

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noun
1. 
the act of holding fast
2. 
any of various devices that hold something else in place; hook, nail, clamp, etc.
3.  Botany
a part of certain rootless plants, as some algae, used to attach the plant to a surface
4.  Zoology
an organ of a parasitic or sessile organism, specialized for attachment to a host or other object

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Holdfast

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n.
1. Any of various devices used to fasten something securely.
2. Biology An organ or structure of attachment, especially the basal, rootlike formation by which certain seaweeds or other algae are attached to a substrate.

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