Dictionary entry details
• HOLDFAST (noun)
Meaning:
Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
fastening; holdfast; fastener; fixing
Hypernyms ("holdfast" is a kind of...):
constraint; restraint (a device that retards something's motion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holdfast"):
bellyband (a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon)
lashing (rope that is used for fastening something to something else)
link; linkup; tie; tie-in (a fastener that serves to join or connect)
lock (a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed)
locker (a fastener that locks or closes)
nail (a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener)
nut and bolt (a fastener made by screwing a nut onto a threaded bolt)
paper fastener (a fastener for holding a sheet of paper in place)
pin (a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things)
screw (a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head)
seal (fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure)
seal; sealing wax (fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters)
slide fastener; zip; zip fastener; zipper (a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab)
press stud; snap; snap fastener (a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound)
toggle (a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable))
knot (any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object)
hook and eye (a kind of fastener used on clothing)
buckle (fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong)
button (a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes)
carabiner; karabiner; snap ring (an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes)
catch (a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window)
clasp (a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together)
cleat (a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured)
clinch (the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet)
clip (any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together)
clothes peg; clothes pin; clothespin (wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline)
corrugated fastener; wiggle nail (a small strip of corrugated steel with sharp points on one side; hammered across wood joints in rough carpentry)
cottar; cotter (fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together)
cringle; eyelet; grommet; grummet; loop (fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines)
dowel; dowel pin; joggle (a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together)
fillet; stopping (fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members)
toggle bolt (a fastener consisting of a threaded bolt and a hinged spring-loaded toggle; used to fasten objects to hollow walls)
