All English words - page 1687

Meanings of Holiday:

noun

An extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in travelling.

Usage examples:

I spent my summer holidays on a farm

verb

A short period during which the payment of instalments, tax, etc. may be suspended.

Usage examples:

A pension holiday

Meanings of Holidayed:

verb

Spend a holiday in a specified place.

Usage examples:

He is holidaying in italy

noun

An extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in travelling.

Usage examples:

I spent my summer holidays on a farm

Meanings of Holidaying:

verb

Spend a holiday in a specified place.

Usage examples:

He is holidaying in italy

noun

An extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in travelling.

Usage examples:

I spent my summer holidays on a farm

Meanings of Holidaymaker:

noun

A person on holiday away from home.

Usage examples:

The worrying thing for holidaymakers and travel agents is the cut back on flights by major tour ope…

Meanings of Holidays:

noun

An extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in travelling.

Usage examples:

I spent my summer holidays on a farm

verb

A short period during which the payment of instalments, tax, etc. may be suspended.

Usage examples:

A pension holiday

Meanings of Holiest:

adjective

Dedicated or consecrated to god or a religious purpose; sacred.

Usage examples:

The holy bible

Meanings of Holily:

adverb

In a way that is very religious or pure

Usage examples:

The pastor entreated the congregation to obey the word of god and live holily., the new testament t…

Meanings of Holiness:

noun

The state of being holy.

Usage examples:

A life of holiness and total devotion to god

Meanings of Holinesses:

noun

The state of being holy.

Usage examples:

A life of holiness and total devotion to god

Meanings of Holistic:

adjective

Characterized by the belief that the parts of something are intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole.

Meanings of Hollandaise:

noun

A sauce made from egg yolks (= the yellow parts) and butter, usually with lemon juice added

Meanings of Hollanders:

noun

A native of the netherlands.

Usage examples:

Gulliver comes aboard with several men, and decides to speak dutch, so that he may enter japan, for…

Meanings of Hollers:

verb

Give a loud shout or cry.

Usage examples:

He hollers when he wants feeding

noun

A loud cry or shout.

Usage examples:

The audience responded with whoops and hollers

Meanings of Hollowed:

verb

Form by making a hole.

Usage examples:

A tunnel was hollowed out in a mountain range

adjective

Having a hole or empty space inside.

Usage examples:

A hollow metal tube

noun

A hole or depression in something.

Usage examples:

A hollow at the base of a large tree

phrasal verb

To remove the inside of something

Usage examples:

We hollowed out the tree trunk to make a canoe.

Meanings of Hollowest:

adjective

Having a hole or empty space inside.

Usage examples:

A hollow metal tube

noun

A hole or depression in something.

Usage examples:

A hollow at the base of a large tree

verb

Form by making a hole.

Usage examples:

A tunnel was hollowed out in a mountain range

Meanings of Hollowing-out:

phrasal verb

To remove the inside of something

Usage examples:

We hollowed out the tree trunk to make a canoe.

Meanings of Hollowly:

adverb

In a way that does not sound true or sincere

Usage examples:

Her footsteps echoed hollowly in the quiet streets.

Meanings of Hollows:

noun

A hole or depression in something.

Usage examples:

A hollow at the base of a large tree

verb

Form by making a hole.

Usage examples:

A tunnel was hollowed out in a mountain range

adjective

Having a hole or empty space inside.

Usage examples:

A hollow metal tube

Meanings of Holly:

noun

A widely distributed evergreen shrub, typically having prickly dark green leaves, small white flowers, and red berries.

Usage examples:

Both deciduous and evergreen hollies are much loved for their berries, which range in color from or…

Meanings of Hollywood:

proper noun

A district of los angeles, the principal centre of the american film industry.

Usage examples:

He was never seduced by the glitz and money of hollywood

noun

An area in los angeles, california, that is considered the center of the movie industry in the us

Meanings of Holm:

noun

An islet, especially in a river or near a mainland.

Meanings of Holmium:

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 67, a soft silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series.

Usage examples:

Holmium is extracted from its ores by heating calcium metal with holmium fluoride.

Meanings of Holocaust:

noun

Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.

Usage examples:

A nuclear holocaust

Meanings of Holocausts:

noun

Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.

Usage examples:

A nuclear holocaust

Meanings of Holocene:

adjective

Relating to or denoting the present epoch, which is the second epoch in the quaternary period and followed the pleistocene.

Usage examples:

Subfossil material of the family has been recovered from holocene deposits on madagascar

noun

The present epoch or the system of deposits laid down during this time.

Usage examples:

Chapter six looks at the climate changes between the last glacial maximum and the holocene