HEADFAST

headfast

(noun) a mooring line that secures the bow of a boat or ship to a wharf

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

headfast (plural headfasts)

(nautical) A rope at the bows of a ship used to fasten it to a wharf, etc.

Anagrams

• fatheads

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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