Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An island in a river.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hill. Layamon. An islet or a river-island; in the Orkneys, a small island off a larger one.
- noun A river-meadow; a low flat tract of rich land by the side of a river.
- noun Holly.
- noun The holm-oak.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A common evergreen oak, of Europe (
Quercus Ilex ); -- called alsoilex , andholly . - noun An islet in a river.
- noun Low, flat land.
- noun (Zoöl.) the missel thrush.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Land that is liable to flooding; a river island.
- noun an islet, sometimes with
holly bushes. - noun obsolete, except, in dialects The
holly . - noun A common evergreen
oak , of Europe, Quercus ilex; theholm oak .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In Portuguese, it was called carrasqueira, in English, holm oak.
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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In Portuguese, it was called carrasqueira, in English, holm oak.
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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A big flash flood in 1634 severed the old Nordstrand or the north beach, into Nordstrand and Pellworm Islands, and the islet, in German holm, Nordstrandischmoor.
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[*] To a duel, usually fought, in mail or without it, on an island -- "holm" -- within a circle of hazel-twigs.
Eric Brighteyes Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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Gunnar said, "Now all men here present be ear-witnesses, that I challenge thee Hrut to single combat, and we shall fight to-day on the holm, which is here in Oxwater.
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
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Jennifer M. Gran-holm (D) recently signed a change to her state's teacher pensions that increases employee contributions.
Government workers' pensions no longer sacred Michael A. Fletcher 2010
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The site-contractors were already at work, clearing the holm oaks and umbrella pines that had endured since Roman times, surviving forest fires and military invasions.
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Jennifer M. Gran-holm (D) recently signed a change to her state's teacher pensions that increases employee contributions.
Wonkbook: Our $900 billion problem; support builds for Fed action; Jill Biden's community college summit Ezra Klein 2010
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Jennifer M. Gran-holm (D) recently signed a change to her state's teacher pensions that increases employee contributions.
Amid backlash and budget deficits, government workers' pensions are targets Michael A. Fletcher 2010
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Jennifer M. Gran-holm (D) recently signed a change to her state's teacher pensions that increases employee contributions.
Amid backlash and budget deficits, government workers' pensions are targets Michael A. Fletcher 2010
amoore5272 commented on the word holm
Used in the north of England for a meadow or low ground beside a river.
October 20, 2009
chelster commented on the word holm
Holm should sound like home. Inserting an L-sound in this word and pronouncing it as spelled is not traditional and not a good idea; most authorities do not recognize this variant. — The Orthoepist
June 9, 2010