noun Download 🔗Share (obsolete outside dialectal) The holly. Examples : "The farmer pruned the holm bush to decorate the farmhouse for Christmas. " plant nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A common evergreen oak of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak. Examples : "The park offered welcome shade under the spreading canopy of a large holm. " plant biology nature environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot. Examples : "The children rowed their boat to the small, grassy holm in the middle of the lake for a picnic. " geography environment place Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (chiefly West Yorkshire) 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. Examples : "The birds nested on the small, rocky holm just off the coast, sheltered from the worst of the wind. " geography environment nature place Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Rich flat land near a river, prone to being completely flooded; a river-meadow; bottomland. Examples : "The farmer worried about his crops planted in the holm, knowing the heavy spring rains could easily flood the low-lying field. " geography environment place agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading