h
abbreviation
hard.
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h
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h
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Symbol, Physics.
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[eych]
/ eɪtʃ /
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h
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H's,
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Hs,
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h's,
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hs
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the eighth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
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any spoken sound represented by the letter H or h, as in hot or behave.
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something having the shape of an H .
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a written or printed representation of the letter H or h.
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a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter H or h.
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harbor.
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hard.
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hardness.
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heavy sea.
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height.
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hence.
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high.
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Baseball. hit; hits.
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horns.
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Also hr. hour; hours.
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hundred.
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husband.
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symbol
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chem hydrogen
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physics
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magnetic field strength
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Hamiltonian
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electronics henry or henries
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thermodynamics enthalpy
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(on Brit pencils, signifying degree of hardness of lead) hard Compare B
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slang heroin
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h
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/ eɪtʃ /
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the eighth letter and sixth consonant of the modern English alphabet
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a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a voiceless glottal fricative, as in hat
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something shaped like an H
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( in combination )
an H-beam
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harbour
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height
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hour
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husband
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physics Planck constant
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hecto-
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chess See algebraic notation
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of H.
From the Latin word hōra
Example Sentences
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Mr Issa says h works "six-and-a-half days a week", often popping up at stores across the country.
From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024
Bee balm is a great addition to any existing pesto recipe as it blends well wit h basil.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2024
The present protocol takes between 24 h and 2 months, depending on the test of interest, and can be applied by students, academics, environmental risk assessors and industries.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023
At the beginning of a word, the letter h is never followed by a consonant.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Profesora Shields had told us to pronounce the letter h, even at the beginning of words.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
The news was first revealed Thursday during a Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The studio skipped last year's event, but will be back at the coveted Hall H on Saturday to promote "Avengers: Doomsday," which is slated to premiere in December.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Like H Mart itself, Kwon writes, the cookbook is intended both as an introduction to Korean cooking and as a point of connection for second- and third-generation Korean Americans.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
The company expects to issue 341.6 million H shares in the offering, which could occur as early as the third quarter of this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
She has put an X over the H in Heart and written a lowercase h.
From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine
The starts of sessions 1 and 3 were separated by 24 h. c, Summary of stability across all 882 SMT-modulated CA1 cells.
From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2017
Bunny Williams for Ballard Designs Tortoise blown-glass hurricane lamp, 16" h. x 6" dia.;
From Architectural Digest ● Dec. 1, 2014
Screen print of Sweet Dreams, Baby! by Roy Lichtenstein, 35.5" h. x 25.5" w.;
From Architectural Digest ● Oct. 8, 2014
They are specially built, low-wing monoplanes, windowless, with retractable landing gear, designed to fly 170 m. p. h. with half-ton loads.
From Time Magazine Archive
The average of skulls of adults is smaller than the skull of an adult of T. h. preblei from Yerrick Creek, Alaska.
From Mammals taken Along the Alaska Highway by Rollin H. (Rollin Harold) Baker
After reviewing extensive mental health examinations of Lavie by defense experts, Judge Diego H. Edber questioned her truthfulness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Among the medical pioneers responsible for the breakthrough was Solomon H. Snyder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Vincent H. Smith is a nonresident senior fellow and the director of agricultural policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Prosecutors say Twana H. S. and Asia R. A. were married there according to Islamic law and became members of Islamic State between October 2015 and December 2017.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
I searched for the name of H. G. Burt, the suspect in W. W. Vaughan’s killing.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Preparation H’s blue and yellow package and blocky white logo appear sober by comparison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
Junior H’s meteoric rise was made evident through 2024’s streaming data.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
“I think he really makes us go. You know, we all respect him so much. H’s a great leader, and, that’s nice to see him get rewarded with a couple of goals.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2024
Latvia and Canada will play for Group H’s top spot on Tuesday.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 27, 2023
She felt a twinge of embarrassment about the “handsome,” but she had run out of H’s and, frankly, she did find Simon pleasing to look at.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
The layout resembled two Hs — H-H — giving each apartment three exposures to natural light.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2022
Hs son, Michael, and grandson, Marco, each started 16 more 500s without a win.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2022
Hs 75-yard touchdown was reminiscent of his glory days with the Eagles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
"Hs pace of play was good, his conditioning was good. He looked like he was certainly ready to play, and prepared to play," Hynes said.
From Fox News ● Jan. 23, 2021
Hs hand was trembling as he put the phone down.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
It's a strong opening line, picking up on the hard h's of the title, powering in to the poem.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2011
The usually natty Mr. Truman seemed almost rumpled after a day that began at 5 a.m.; by late afternoon h's shirt was mussed and his four-point breast-pocket handkerchief had lost its Esquire esprit.
From Time Magazine Archive
All that year, and the next, and the next, and the next, Wheeler and h's comrades fought the French from end to end of the peninsula.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under those terms, the peasant is neither able nor eager to improve the land or h's farming methods.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scanning through the h’s, I find no Henkles listed in town, or in the neighboring towns.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
However says she hs no plans to put down her camera just yet.
From BBC ● May 18, 2025
That show — the first ever devoted exclusively to hs work — brought together 21 paintings and revealed many new insights.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
David Spade's mother, Judy, attends a taping of his show "Lights Out," on her birthday and suggests he goes too far in hs monologue sometimes, which prompts him to cut some jokes.
From Salon ● May 10, 2020
After his maiden victory in hs first race he has never raced below the allowance level.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2020
When in New-York, he confessed to me that he should like immensely to find some town where the people imagined that all Englishmen transposed their hs, and give one of his lectures in that style.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 by Various
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