holdfast

holdfast has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. 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.
• n.. restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place