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  h

  abbreviation

  hard.
• H
  H

  noun

  the eighth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
• h.
  h.

  abbreviation

  harbor.
• H.
  H.

  abbreviation

  (in prescriptions) an hour.

h

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. hard.

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h ² American  

Symbol, Physics.

1. Planck's constant.

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H ³ American  

[aych] / eɪtʃ /

Or h

noun

• H's,
  plural
• Hs,
  plural
• h's,
  plural
• hs
  plural

1. the eighth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

2. any spoken sound represented by the letter H or h, as in hot or behave.

3. something having the shape of an H .

4. a written or printed representation of the letter H or h.

5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter H or h.

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H ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. hard.

2. Grammar. head.

3. Electricity. henry.

4. Slang. heroin.

5. high.

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H ⁵ American  

Symbol.

1. the eighth in order or in a series.

2. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 200.

3. Chemistry. hydrogen.

4. Biochemistry. histidine.

5. Physics.

   1. enthalpy.

   2. horizontal component of the earth's magnetic field.

   3. magnetic intensity.

6. Music. the letter used in German to indicate the tone B.

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h. ⁶ American  

Or H.

abbreviation

1. harbor.

2. hard.

3. hardness.

4. heavy sea.

5. height.

6. hence.

7. high.

8. Baseball. hit; hits.

9. horns.

10. Also hr. hour; hours.

11. hundred.

12. husband.

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H. ⁷ American  

abbreviation

1. (in prescriptions) an hour.

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H ¹ British  

symbol

1. chem hydrogen

2. physics

   1. magnetic field strength

   2. Hamiltonian

3. electronics henry or henries

4. thermodynamics enthalpy

5. (on Brit pencils, signifying degree of hardness of lead) hard Compare B

   H

   2H

   3H

6. slang heroin

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abbreviation

1. Hungary (international car registration)

h ² British  

/ eɪtʃ /

noun

1. the eighth letter and sixth consonant of the modern English alphabet

2. a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a voiceless glottal fricative, as in hat

3. 1. something shaped like an H

   2. ( in combination )

      an H-beam

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h. ³ British  

abbreviation

1. harbour

2. height

3. hour

4. husband

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h ⁴ British  

symbol

1. physics Planck constant

2. hecto-

3. chess See algebraic notation

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• H's
  plural
• Hs
  plural
• h's
  plural
• hs
  plural

Etymology

Origin of H.

From the Latin word hōra

Example Sentences

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The notion that the nation-state is outdated, and could therefore be replaced with blockchain technology, is one of the reasons h e decided to run to become Liberland's prime minister.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

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

But it’s acceptable to drop the h sound if you like: HOM-idj or OM-idj.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

"Our thoughts are with his wife Gwen, his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and all who knew and loved H."

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The Marvel faithful gathered in Hall H once more as San Diego Comic-Con yielded breaking news on Saturday: Ryan Gosling will join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as motorcycle-riding superhero Ghost Rider.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

DC Studios will also grace Hall H to preview its HBO series "Lanterns," starring Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre as small-town Nebraska detectives, which debuts August 16.

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

He showed up at Room H moments later, wearing a respirator, to find out what was going on.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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

Angele chandelier of hand-sculpted plaster, 32” dia. x 24” h.; to the trade from Dessin Fournir.

From Architectural Digest ● Jan. 7, 2015

Bunny Williams for Ballard Designs Tortoise blown-glass hurricane lamp, 16" h. x 6" dia.;

From Architectural Digest ● Dec. 1, 2014

A newcomer was Indian Motorcycle Co. with a two-cylinder, two-cycle job developing 12 h. p. at 4,500 r. p. m.

From Time Magazine Archive

With love to Uncle and Aunt Lynn and all, including, if the word is permissible, Miss Lou Coleman, I am your affectionate brother, J. Lewis Peyton. john h. peyton to his daughters, ann and mary.

From Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton by Various

Thursday’s decision was signed by justices Jacqueline H. Nguyen, an Obama appointee and Roopali H. Desai, a Biden appointee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

President George H. W. Bush avoided over-managing Desert Storm; instead, he left its direction to learned military leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

But that term is an all-encompassing one, representing bills, joint resolutions of Congress and even celebratory resolutions, such as H. Res.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

One major reason is the shortage of molecular evidence from H. erectus.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

One morning in August 1886, as heat rose from the streets with the intensity of a child’s fever, a man calling himself H. H. Holmes walked into one of Chicago’s train stations.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Norms packaging is radically different from Preparation H’s, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

My married name, which was on my booking confirmation and passport, begins with the letter H - though is very different to Huw H's surname.

From BBC ● May 16, 2025

These cities were excluded from Measure H’s 0.25% sales tax but now subject to Measure A and will see their sale tax rate increase to 10.75%:

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 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

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

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 work came to be exhibited in major museums, including the Pompidou Center in Paris, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2018

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

By the time he reached h's majority, the Sanson dynasty had become a kind of headsman's peerage.

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

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

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

Roughly speaking, I should say that in England he who bothers about his hs is a fool, and he who ridicules a dropped h a snob.

From Captain Brassbound's Conversion by Bernard Shaw

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