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holm

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As a noun, holm means small island, islet.

Meanings of holm

6 meanings

noun

  1. Small island, islet.

  2. An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.

  3. (dialect, chiefly West Yorkshire(?), Scotland, Orkney) Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet. Often the word is used in Norse-influenced place-names. See also holme.

  4. Rich flat land near a river, prone to being completely flooded; a river-meadow; bottomland.

  5. A common evergreen oak of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak.

Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. obsoleteoutside dialectsThe holly.

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