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1. (n.) holdfast
something used to hold or secure a thing in place.
2. holdfast
any of several rootlike or suckerlike parts of a plant or fungus serving for attachment.
Etymology: (1550–60)
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1. (noun) fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
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1. (noun) holdfast
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
2. (noun) holdfast
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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