Heath Definition

hēth
noun
Any plant of the heath family; esp., any of various shrubs and plants (genera Erica and Calluna) that grow on heaths, as heather.
Webster's New World
A tract of open wasteland, esp. in the British Isles, covered with heather, low shrubs, etc.; moor.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Designating a family (Ericaceae, order Ericales) of dicotyledonous woody shrubs and small trees, including the blueberry, mountain laurel, and rhododendrons.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Heath

Noun

Singular:
heath
Plural:
heaths

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Heath

  • one's native heath

Origin of Heath

  • From Middle English heeth, hethe, heth, from Old English hǣþ (“heath, untilled land, waste; heather”), from Proto-Germanic *haiþī (“heath, waste, untilled land”), from Proto-Indo-European *kait-, *ḱait- (“forest, wasteland, pasture”). Cognate with Dutch heide (“heath, moorland”), German Heide (“heath, moor”), Swedish hed (“heath, moorland”), Old Welsh coit (“forest”), Latin bū-cētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”), Albanian kath (“type of wheat”), kasht (“straw”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English uncultivated land from Old English hǣth kaito- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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