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

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19,295 words · showing 8,041–8,100

  • hitman/ˈhɪtmæːn/nounB2A killer hired to murder somebody.
  • hive/haɪv/nounB1+2 meaningsThe built home of a bee colony.
  • hoard/hɔɹd/verbB2+To store far more than you need and refuse to part with it.
  • hoarfrostnounC2Feathery white ice that grows on twigs in still cold air.
  • hoarse/hɔːs/adjectiveB2+Of a voice, rough and harsh from strain or illness.
  • hoary/hɔː.ɹi/
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White with age, or very old and stale.
  • hobbit/ˈhɒbɪt/nounB2+A small imaginary being with furry feet, from Tolkien.
  • hobble/ˈhɒbəl/verbB2+2 meaningsTo walk awkwardly and painfully.
  • 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 a meetingphraseB1To gather people together to discuss matters.
  • hold an opinionphraseB2To believe a particular thing.
  • hold backphraseB22 meaningsTo restrain something or keep it in.
  • hold luggagenounB2The bags stored beneath the cabin.
  • hold onphraseB13 meaningsTo wait a moment.
  • hold swayphraseC1To have controlling influence over something.
  • hold upphraseB22 meaningsTo delay somebody or something.
  • hold your breathphraseB1To stop breathing for a moment — on purpose, or because the tension has done it for you.
  • hold your horsesphraseB2What you say to make someone slow down and wait.
  • hold your nosephraseB1To pinch the nostrils shut against a smell.
  • hold your tonguephraseB2To stop yourself from saying what you are thinking.
  • 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/ˈhəʊli/adjectiveB13 meaningsConnected with God or with religion, and treated with deep respect.
  • 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.
  • home sweet home/həʊm swiːt həʊm/phraseB1The comfort of being back in your own house.
  • home-cookedadjectiveB2Prepared at home rather than bought ready-made.
  • homeboy/ˈhoʊm.bɔɪ/nounC1A male friend from your own neighbourhood.
  • homeland/ˈhəʊmˌlænd/nounB2The country where you were born or belong.
  • homeless/ˈhoʊmlɪs/adjectiveB2Having nowhere to live.
  • homely/ˈhəʊmli/adjectiveC12 meaningsSimple and comfortable, in British use.
  • homemade/ˌ(h)əʊmˈmeɪ̯d/adjectiveB1Made at home rather than bought ready-made.
  • homemakernounB2+The family member who runs the home.
  • homeownernounB1+Somebody who owns the house they live in.
  • homepagenounB1+The front page of a website.
  • homesick/ˈhəʊ̯m.sɪk/adjectiveA2+Sad because you miss the place you come from.
  • 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.
  • homeward/ˈhoʊmwɚd/adverbB2Towards where you live.