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• holt
  holt

  noun

  a wood or grove.
• Holt
  Holt

  noun

  Harold Edward, 1908–67, Australian political leader: prime minister 1966–67.

holt

¹ American  

[hohlt] / hoʊlt /

noun

Archaic.

holts plural

1. a wood or grove.

2. a wooded hill.

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Holt ² American  

[hohlt] / hoʊlt /

noun

1. Harold Edward, 1908–67, Australian political leader: prime minister 1966–67.

2. a town in central Michigan.

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Holt ¹ British  

/ həʊlt /

noun

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

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holt ² British  

/ həʊlt /

noun

1. archaic a wood or wooded hill

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holt ³ British  

/ həʊlt /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• holts
  plural

Etymology

Origin of holt

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

Example Sentences

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In the zoo's otter holt two vulnerable Asian short-clawed otter pups were born last month to mother Midge and father Siyam.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025

Syl fell to his knees jus’ in front of the cap’n and started struggling to get holt of his breath.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Oh, yeah, them Tanners might have holt a me and Chester now, but see if we do one minute of work again.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

It ain’t nowhere near’s sly nor quick as a cat; it ain’t no good at all at mousing nor catching holt of birds without a lot of help.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

The sheriff said, “He ain’t trying nothing, Petey. You remember what I said; we’s all got a job here and yourn ain’t nothing but to holt on to them reins.”

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

In an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt that aired on the “Today” show on Wednesday, the 79-year-old actor and activist opened up about living with the disease.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Laura Holt, another senior research scientist at NorthWest Research Associates, said weather models need to account for what happens in the stratosphere.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026

I remember sitting in a wig salon in Richmond as the owner, Amy Holt, gently brushed though my tangled hair as it was falling out in large lumps.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

Leicester Comedy Festival attracted about 100,000 spectators and more than 500 acts this year, including Sir Stephen Fry, Sara Pascoe and Rosie Holt, many of whom have not been paid.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

But protesters rejoiced in a mass meeting at the Holt Street Baptist Church, a celebration tempered by the realization that they would have to keep walking at least until the city’s appeal reached Washington.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose

But to the hills and wild holts when they came From the rock's top the driven savage rose.

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James

I am in gineral one to keep things locked and pinned down inside me; but for once I let go all holts and turnt a-loose.

From Sight to the Blind by Furman, Lucy

“Pilot.”—A man may hav a grate deal ov edukashun, and not be verry wize, after awl; jist az he may hav a heap ov strength, and not know the best holts.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.

Now, Shorty, he had an idea that he could ease the work of his hoss a whole pile if he laid holts on the rope whenever his hoss set down to flop a cow.

From The Night Horseman by Brand, Max

The wild forest; the clothed holts with green; With reins availed, and swift y-breathed horse, With cry of hounds, and merry blasts between, Where we did chase the fearful hart of force.

From The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) by Froude, James Anthony