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holt
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holt  (hlt)
n. Archaic
A wood or grove; a copse.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

Holt [həʊlt]
n
(Biographies / Holt, Harold Edward (1908-1967) M, Australian, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: prime minister) Harold Edward. 1908-67, Australian statesman; prime minister (1966-67); believed drowned

holt1
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Archaic or poetic a wood or wooded hill
[Old English holt; related to Old Norse holt, Old High German holz, Old Slavonic kladũ log, Greek klados twig]

holt2
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the burrowed lair of an animal, esp an otter
[a phonetic variant of hold2]


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