Holm Definition

hōm, hōlm
noun
A small island in a river or lake, near the mainland or a larger island.
Webster's New World
Low, flat land by a river or stream; bottoms.
Webster's New World
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Webster's New World

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

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Other Word Forms of Holm

Noun

Singular:
holm
Plural:
holms

Origin of Holm

  • From Old Norse holmi, holmr (“islet”), from the Proto-Germanic *hulmaz, from Proto-Indo-European root *kel (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent; hill”). Cognate with Old English holm (“sea, ocean, wave”), Old Saxon holm, Old Danish hulm, Middle Low German holm, German Holm, Middle Dutch holm, Swedish holme,

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old Norse hōlmr kel-2 in Indo-European roots

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

  • Alteration of hollin.

    From Wiktionary

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