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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • hipster/ˈhɪp.stə/nounB2+Somebody who follows the latest alternative fashions.
  • hire/ˈhaɪ(.)ə/verbA25 meaningsTo give someone a job and pay them to do it.
  • hireling/ˈhaɪ.ə.lɪŋ/nounC2Somebody who works only for the money.
  • hiss/hɪs/verbB25 meaningsTo make a long sharp s-sound, the way a snake or an angry cat does.
  • historian/hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/nounB2+A person who studies and writes about the past.
  • history/ˈhɪs.tə.ɹi/
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The subject about everything that happened before today.
  • hit/hɪt/verbA16 meaningsTo strike someone or something with your hand or an object.
  • hitch/hɪt͡ʃ/verbB22 meaningsTo fasten something with a knot or hook.
  • hitchhiker/ˈhɪtʃˌhaɪkə/nounB2Somebody who travels by asking drivers for lifts.
  • hitman/ˈhɪtmæːn/nounB2A killer hired to murder somebody.
  • hive/haɪv/nounB1+2 meaningsThe built home of a bee colony.
  • hoarfrostnounC2Feathery white ice that grows on twigs in still cold air.
  • hobbit/ˈhɒbɪt/nounB2+A small imaginary being with furry feet, from Tolkien.
  • hobby/ˈhɒ.bi/nounA2+Something you do regularly for pleasure in your free time.
  • hock/hɒk/nounC2The angled joint in a horse's hind leg.
  • hockey/ˈhɒ.ki/nounA2+A fast team game played with curved sticks.
  • hoist/hɔɪst/verbC13 meaningsTo raise something heavy, especially with ropes or a machine.
  • hold/həʊld/verbA17 meaningsTo keep something in your hands or arms.
  • hold luggagenounB2The bags stored beneath the cabin.
  • holdall/ˈhəʊldɔːl/nounB2+A large soft bag for carrying clothes.
  • holder/ˈhəʊldə/nounB22 meaningsThe person who holds something.
  • holdfastnounC2A small walled refuge in old tales, less grand than a castle, where a minor lord's people shelter from attack.
  • holding patternnounC1Circling in the air while waiting to land.
  • holdupnounB2A robbery carried out with a weapon.
  • hole/həʊl/nounA2An opening or hollow in a surface.
  • hole punchnounB1A tool that makes holes so paper can go in a ring binder.
  • holiday/ˈhɒlɪˌdeɪ/nounA12 meaningsA period of time away from work or school.
  • holiday cottagenounB2A small country house rented for a break.
  • holiness/ˈhoʊlinəs/nounB2The quality of being sacred or morally pure.
  • holler/ˈhɒlə/verbB23 meaningsTo shout loudly, especially to somebody far away.
  • hollow/ˈhɒləʊ/adjectiveB26 meaningsHaving an empty space inside.
  • holocaust/ˈhɒl.ə(ʊ)ˌkɔːst/nounB2Destruction on a vast scale.
  • holster/ˈhɒlstə(ɹ)/nounB2The shaped case a handgun is carried in.
  • holy grailnounC1The legendary cup, and any object endlessly sought.
  • homage/ˈhɒmɪd͡ʒ/nounC13 meaningsPublic respect and honour shown to someone or something.
  • hombre/ˈɒmbɹeɪ/nounC1A man, in informal borrowed Spanish.
  • home/həʊm/nounA14 meaningsThe place where you live.
  • home deliverynounB1Having what you bought brought to your door.
  • home economicsnounB2The study of running a household and cooking.
  • homeboy/ˈhoʊm.bɔɪ/nounC1A male friend from your own neighbourhood.
  • homeland/ˈhəʊmˌlænd/nounB2The country where you were born or belong.
  • homemakernounB2+The family member who runs the home.
  • homeownernounB1+Somebody who owns the house they live in.
  • homepagenounB1+The front page of a website.
  • homestay/ˈhoʊmˌsteɪ/nounB2Staying as a guest in a local family's house.
  • homestead/ˈhoʊmˌstɛd/nounC2A house and the land around it that a family works.
  • hometown/ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/nounA2+The place where you grew up.
  • homework/ˈhəʊmˌwɜːk/nounA12 meaningsSchool work that a pupil is given to do at home.
  • homicide/ˈhɒm.ɪˌsaɪ̯d/nounB2The killing of one person by another.
  • homosexuality/ˌhoʊməˌsɛkʃuˈælɪti/nounB2+Sexual attraction to people of your own sex.
  • hondurasnounB2+A country in Central America.
  • honesty/ˈɒn.ɪ.sti/nounB22 meaningsThe quality of telling the truth and not cheating or stealing.
  • honey/ˈhʌni/nounA12 meaningsThe golden sweet liquid that bees make.
  • honeycomb/ˈhʌnikəʊm/nounB1+2 meaningsThe wax grid of six-sided cells bees store honey in.
  • honeymoon/ˈhʌn.iˌmuːn/nounB13 meaningsThe holiday a couple takes just after their wedding.
  • honeymoon periodnounC1The first happy weeks of a marriage or an arrangement.
  • honeysuckle/ˈhʌnɪsʌk(ə)l/nounB2+A climber with tubes of flower full of sweet nectar.
  • hong kongnounB1The skyscraper harbor city of dim sum and neon, in southern China.
  • honk/hɒŋk/verbB23 meaningsTo sound a horn, especially a car horn.
  • honor/ˈɒn.ə/verbB14 meaningsTo show deep public respect for somebody.