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sternfast

sternfast noun: a rope or chain for making fast a ship's stern to a wharf, etc.

Noun

sternfast (plural sternfasts)

  1. A rope or chain for making fast a ship's stern to a wharf, etc.

Forms of sternfast

pluralsternfasts

Origin of sternfast

From stern + fast.

Questions about sternfast

What does sternfast mean?
Sternfast means a rope or chain for making fast a ship's stern to a wharf, etc.
What part of speech is sternfast?
Sternfast is a noun.
What is the plural of sternfast?
The plural of sternfast is sternfasts.

Words near sternfast in the dictionary

  1. sterner
  2. sterner sex
  3. sterners
  4. sternes
  5. sternest
  6. sternfast
  7. sternfasts
  8. sternforemost
  9. Sternhagen
  10. Sternian
  11. sternid

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