English > holdfast: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. |
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| Synonyms | fastener, fastening, fixing |
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| Narrower | bellyband | A strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon |
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| buckle | fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| clothespin, clothes pin, clothes peg | wood or plastic fastener |
| corrugated fastener, wiggle nail | A small strip of corrugated steel with sharp points on one side |
| cotter, cottar | fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together |
| cringle, eyelet, loop, grommet, grummet | 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 |
| hook and eye | A kind of fastener used on clothing |
| knot | Any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object |
| 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 |
| sealing wax, seal | fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm |
| slide fastener, zip, zipper, zip fastener | A fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab |
| snap, snap fastener, press stud | A fastener used on clothing |
| 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) |
| toggle bolt | A fastener consisting of a threaded bolt and a hinged spring-loaded toggle |
| Broader | restraint, constraint | A device that retards something's motion / motion |
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| Spanish | cierre, ligadura, sujeción |
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| Catalan | tanca |
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| Verbs | hold fast | stick / stick to firmly |
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