noun🔗Share(obsolete outside dialectal) The holly."The farmer pruned the holm bush to decorate the farmhouse for Christmas. "plantnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA common evergreen oak of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak."The park offered welcome shade under the spreading canopy of a large holm. "plantbiologynatureenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot."The children rowed their boat to the small, grassy holm in the middle of the lake for a picnic. "geographyenvironmentplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗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."The birds nested on the small, rocky holm just off the coast, sheltered from the worst of the wind. "geographyenvironmentnatureplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRich flat land near a river, prone to being completely flooded; a river-meadow; bottomland."The farmer worried about his crops planted in the holm, knowing the heavy spring rains could easily flood the low-lying field. "geographyenvironmentplaceagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
