Word Meaning

Meaning of "holdfast" and the crossword clue

- Catch hook or clamp
- Catch, hook, or clamp
- 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.
- 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.