sternfast

S1T1E1R1N1F4A1S1T1

noun

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

Scrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounsternfast (plural sternfasts)

plural sternfasts

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

Origin

From stern + fast.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

sternfast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sternfast

MLA

“sternfast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sternfast. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sternfast,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sternfast.

Source: sternfast on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.