noun
heath
heeth
noun
1
An open, uncultivated stretch of land, typically with sandy soil and low shrubs like heather.
"They walked across the heath as the sun set."
2
Any of several small evergreen shrubs, especially in the heather family.
"Purple heath covered the hillside in late summer."
How to Use Heath
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishWild open moorland, or the low shrubs that grow on it.
Common pairings
open heath
across the heath
heath and moorland
Word Forms
heaths plural
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Etymology
From Old English hǣþ, an old Germanic word for wild, untilled land — the same root that gives us "heather" and "heathen" (originally "one who lives on the heath").