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Definition: HOLM |
HOLMNoun1. Low, flat land. 2. An islet in a river. 3. A common evergreen oak, of Europe (Quercus Ilex); -- called also ilex, and holly. |
Date "HOLM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Crosswords: HOLM |
| English words defined with "HOLM": holm oak. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "HOLM": Valonia. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "HOLM" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (arbor). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Mordsache Holm (1938) Kriminalreporter Holm (1932) Ingeborg Holm (1913) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Holm. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Holm, Celeste, Miss, portrait photograph. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Hilda Kassell, business. Celeste Holm room I. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Holm" by Bjarte Kvinge Tvedt Commentary: "A holm by the sea." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "HOLM" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 97.01% of the time. "HOLM" is used about 67 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 97.01% | 65 | 41,645 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.49% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.49% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 67 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "HOLM" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Holm | Last name | 5,000 | 2,587 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "HOLM": holm oak ♦ Holm theory ♦ Holm thrush ♦ holm tree ♦ Knee holm ♦ sea holm. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "HOLM": holm-oaks. | |
Containing "HOLM": Engelbreth-holm-swarm. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ian holm | 63 | eleanor holm | 5 |
actor holm | 63 | dressler holm | 5 |
holm | 60 | automotive holm | 5 |
dallas holm | 51 | holm ian king lear | 5 |
dallerup family holm yde | 48 | jennifer holm | 5 |
john holm | 32 | holm oak | 5 |
holm kellie | 22 | askil holm | 4 |
celeste holm | 17 | henrietta holm | 4 |
band holm johnny | 16 | hobbit holm ian | 4 |
holm johnny | 15 | peter holm | 4 |
holm industry | 12 | actor alien holm | 4 |
holm kris | 9 | courtney holm | 4 |
holm kelly | 9 | hanya holm | 4 |
hans holm | 8 | audio holm | 3 |
holm stefan | 8 | hereafter holm ian sweet | 3 |
dallas holm lyrics | 7 | chris holm | 3 |
holm mckellen | 6 | holm staffan valdemar | 3 |
anne holm | 6 | holm lasse | 3 |
baird holm | 6 | jeanne holm | 3 |
holm martin | 6 | holm sven | 3 |
bill holm | 6 | bruce holm | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "HOLM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Ngastër Toke Buzë Përroit, Ishull (ait, island, Isle, islet). (various references) | |
Arabic | جزيرة صغيرة (ait), أرض منخفضة بجانب النهر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Островче, Низина Край Река, Джел. (various references) | |
Czech | Křemelák (holm oak). (various references) | |
Danish | Holms teori (Holm theory), steneg (German oak, holly oak, holm oak, live oak, southern live oak). (various references) | |
Dutch | wintergroene eik (German oak, holly oak, holm oak, live oak, southern live oak), steeneik (German oak, holly oak, holm oak, live oak, southern live oak), groene eik (German oak, holly oak, holm oak, live oak, southern live oak). (various references) | |
Finnish | rautatammi (holm oak). (various references) | |
French | chêne vert (holm oak). (various references) | |
German | Steineiche (holm oak, ilex). (various references) | |
Greek | Νησίδα όέσα Σε Ποταμό, Γη χαμηλώτερη Τησ Θάλασσασ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | Ártér. (various references) | |
Italian | Leccio (holly-oak, holm oak). (various references) | |
Manx | darragh scarleod (holm oak, ilex). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | olmhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vrzea, pequena ilha (isle, islet), outeiro (fell, hill, hillock, kopje, monticule, mote, tor), baixada (coomb, lowland). (various references) | |
Romanian | Ostrov (ait, bank, island, Isle), Insuliţã (ait, islet). (various references) | |
Russian | Пойма, Дуб Каменный. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vrsta hrasta (cork tree, holm oak), ostrvce (islet). (various references) | |
Spanish | teoría de Holm (Holm theory). (various references) | |
Swedish | holme (inch, islet, single combat), Stenek (holm oak). (various references) | |
Turkish | Adacık (eyot, Isle, islet). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | дуб кам'яний (holm oak). (various references) | |
Welsh | marian (moraine, strand). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Quercus ilex. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "HOLM": holmic, holmium, holmiums, holms. (additional references) | |
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"HOLM" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cholm, Dhlomo, Oholm. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "HOLM" (pronounced hō"m) |
| 3 | h ō" m | home. |
| 2 | -ō" m | nome, ohm, chrome, comb, Combe, dome, foam, loam, roam, Shalom, tome. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-l-m-o" | |
-1 letter: mho, mol, ohm. | |
-2 letters: hm, ho, lo, mo, oh, om. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-l-m-o" | |
+1 letter: holms, mohel. | |
+2 letters: holism, holmic, homely, homily, mohels, mollah, moloch, moolah, phloem, shalom, sholom, thymol, whilom. | |
+3 letters: armhole, camphol, chromyl, halidom, hemiola, hemlock, holisms, holmium, homolog, hoodlum, humoral, manhole, menthol, mochila, mohalim, mohelim, mollahs, molochs, monthly, moolahs, mudhole, omphali, phloems, shaloms, sholoms, thymols, wholism. | |
+4 letters: amphoral, armholes, camphols, chloasma, chromyls, cromlech, demolish, halidome, halidoms, hamulose, hamulous, handloom, heirloom, helotism, hemiolas, hemiolia, hemlocks, hemocoel, hemolyze, holmiums, hologamy, hologram, homegirl, homeland, homeless, homelier, homelike, homilies, homilist, homologs, homology, hoodlums, hormonal, hoteldom, hotelman, hotelmen, humorful, hydromel, lemonish, logomach, lothsome, lymphoid, lymphoma, manholes, menthols, mesophyl, methanol, methoxyl, millimho, milliohm, mochilas, modishly, molehill, monachal, monohull, monolith, mopishly, mothball, motherly, mothlike, mouthful, mouthily, mudholes, omphalos, philomel, phyllome, polymath, scholium, smoothly, thraldom, wholisms, wormhole. | |
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