"holt" meaning in English

See holt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hɒlt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /həʊlt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /hoʊlt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-holt.wav Forms: holts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒlt, -əʊlt, -oʊlt Etymology: From Middle English holt, from Old English holt (“forest, wood, grove, thicket; wood, timber”), from Proto-West Germanic *holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą (“wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *kald-, *klād- (“timber, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *kola-, *klā- (“to beat, hew, break, destroy, kill”). Cognate with Scots holt (“a wood, copse, thicket”), North Frisian holt (“wood, timber”), West Frisian hout (“timber, wood”), Dutch hout (“wood, timber”), German Holz (“wood”), Icelandic holt (“woodland, hillock”), Old Irish caill (“forest, wood, woodland”), Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, “branch, shoot, twig”), Slovene kol ("stake"), Albanian shul (“door latch”). Doublet of hout. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|holt}} Middle English holt, {{inh|en|ang|holt||forest, wood, grove, thicket; wood, timber}} Old English holt (“forest, wood, grove, thicket; wood, timber”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*holt}} Proto-West Germanic *holt, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hultą||wood}} Proto-Germanic *hultą (“wood”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kald-}} Proto-Indo-European *kald-, {{der|en|ine-pro|*kola-}} Proto-Indo-European *kola-, {{cog|sco|holt||a wood, copse, thicket}} Scots holt (“a wood, copse, thicket”), {{cog|frr|holt||wood, timber}} North Frisian holt (“wood, timber”), {{cog|fy|hout||timber, wood}} West Frisian hout (“timber, wood”), {{cog|nl|hout||wood, timber}} Dutch hout (“wood, timber”), {{cog|de|Holz||wood}} German Holz (“wood”), {{cog|is|holt||woodland, hillock}} Icelandic holt (“woodland, hillock”), {{cog|sga|caill||forest, wood, woodland}} Old Irish caill (“forest, wood, woodland”), {{cog|grc|κλάδος||branch, shoot, twig}} Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, “branch, shoot, twig”), {{cog|sq|shul||door latch}} Albanian shul (“door latch”), {{doublet|en|hout}} Doublet of hout Head templates: {{en-noun}} holt (plural holts)
  1. A small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse. Categories (place): Forests
    Sense id: en-holt-en-noun--FwLbupj Disambiguation of Forests: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37
  2. The lair of an animal, especially of an otter. Categories (topical): Animal dwellings
    Sense id: en-holt-en-noun-vytOlv-E Disambiguation of Animal dwellings: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hoult [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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