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shorefast

shorefast adjective: held fast (securely) to the shore.

Adjective

shorefast (not comparable)

  1. Held fast (securely) to the shore.
    • shorefast ice

Origin of shorefast

From shore + fast.

Questions about shorefast

What does shorefast mean?
Shorefast means held fast (securely) to the shore.
What part of speech is shorefast?
Shorefast is an adjective.

Words near shorefast in the dictionary

  1. shored
  2. shored up
  3. Shoreditch
  4. shoreface
  5. shorefaces
  6. shorefast
  7. shorefish
  8. shorefishes
  9. shorefront
  10. shorefronts
  11. shoregoing

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