holt

¹

[ hohlt ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. a wood or grove.
2. a wooded hill.

Holt

²

[ hohlt ]

noun

1. Harold Edward, 1908–67, Australian political leader: prime minister 1966–67.
2. a town in central Michigan.

holt

¹

/ həʊlt /

noun

1. the burrowed lair of an animal, esp an otter

holt

²

/ həʊlt /

noun

1. archaic.
   a wood or wooded hill

Holt

³

/ həʊlt /

noun

1. HoltHarold Edward19081967MAustralianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Harold Edward. 1908–67, Australian statesman; prime minister (1966–67); believed drowned

Word History and Origins

Origin of holt¹

before 900; Middle English holte, Old English holt; cognate with Dutch hout, Old Norse holt, German Holz wood; akin to Greek kládos twig ( clado- ), Old Irish caill wood

Word History and Origins

Origin of holt¹

C16: a phonetic variant of hold ²

Origin of holt²

Old English holt; related to Old Norse holt, Old High German holz, Old Slavonic kladũ log, Greek klados twig

Example Sentences

NBC News NOW will offer viewers breaking news and real-time election coverage from journalists like Lester Holt and Savannah Guthrie.

From Salon

BBC Social Affairs Editor Alison Holt understands residents are being moved to other care homes in the area for one or possibly two nights.

From BBC

“It just went from zero to 60, man, from the moment that those guys pulled up behind me, knocked on my window, it went from zero to 60 immediately,” Hill said Monday in an interview with “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.”

From Los Angeles Times

At the top of the interview, podcast hosts and TMZ alumni Dax Holt and Adam Glyn noted that they were not allowed to ask Mueller about “Friends” star Matthew Perry, or the ongoing investigation into his death, because of legal reasons.

From Los Angeles Times

And when Ms Harris is on the end of prosecutorial questions, as opposed to giving them, she has floundered in the past, such as in a notorious 2021 interview with NBC News’ Lester Holt in which she struggled when pressed on the issue of illegal immigration.

From BBC