noun
holm
hohm
noun
1
A small island, especially a low one in a river, lake, or estuary.
"The sheep were kept on a small holm in the middle of the loch."
2
Rich, flat land beside a river that often floods.
"The farmers grazed cattle on the holm each summer."
How to Use Holm
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small river or lake island, or flat riverside land — a word most common in British place names.
Word Forms
holms plural, holms plural
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Etymology
From Old English holm ("sea, islet") and Old Norse holmr ("islet"), both from an ancient Germanic word for raised or rising ground.