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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

From Mount Rushmore to work by Melvin Edwards and Nancy Holt, sculpture has been an essential medium in capturing the nation’s history and aspirations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

Holt reports that more than 7 million Americans over 65 are living with Alzheimer’s, with Black men suffering at a rate double the national average.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 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

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

While I chunked rocks into a pile and waited for Chase and Mattie to pass by, I mentally composed my next letter to Uncle Holt.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson