Definitions for fastness

fastness fast·ness

Spelling: [fast-nis, fahst-]
IPA: /ˈfæst nɪs, ˈfɑst-/

Fastness is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in fastness (aefnssst).

Definitions for fastness

noun

  1. a secure or fortified place; stronghold:
  2. the state of being fixed or firm:
  3. the state of being rapid.

Origin of fastness

before 900; Middle English; Old English fæstnes. See fast1, -ness

Examples for fastness

I did not come to you and say, 'Let me beard the cook in her fastness.

Hardened men with a hardened code, they lived in their fastness like Ishmaelites.

Steaming turns the shade greener and darker, and increases the fastness.

What is meant by the expression “fastness of color of two fabrics”?

It increases the fastness of the colours to washing and soaping.

He advised a retreat for the night, and an attack on Walter when he should have left the fastness.

It was their fastness, their fortress, and often their home.

The direct blues as a rule have a good degree of fastness to light.

His spirit retired far into its fastness, taking with it all his energies.

The outlaws had chosen to take him to their fastness in the hills.

Word Value for fastness
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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