Hythe
noun
a town in E Kent, in SE England: one of the Cinque Ports.
Hythe
1 American
[hahyth]
/ haɪð /
noun
hythe
2
American
[hahyth]
/ haɪð /
noun
-
hythes
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Maya, 13, from Hythe in Kent, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma at three years old, but relapsed in 2023 having been in remission for five years.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Folkestone and Hythe District Council has set up a welfare centre at the Three Hills Sports Park and nearby residents have been advised to avoid the area of the fire and close windows and doors.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Similar accounts later emerged elsewhere in the United Kingdom, particularly in coastal communities including Hythe, Plymouth, Southampton and Swansea.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
Norfolk Police said officers patrolling Methwold Hythe, near Downham Market, spotted activity in a field at about 02:30 BST on Monday.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2025
Afternoon sounds came into the room: people passing along the street to and from the shops in Cheapside or Poultry Lane; carters carrying goods to the wharves on the Thames, Belinsgate, or Queen Hythe.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
On the bank of the Silverlode, at some distance up from the meeting of the streams, there was a hythe of white stones and white wood.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Swan passed on slowly to the hythe, and they turned their boats and followed it.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Now the Lady arose, and Celeborn led them back to the hythe.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
With stem all be-ringed at the hythe stood the ship, All icy and out-fain, the Atheling's ferry.
From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous
When the moon was high we drank in the hall, And they drank to the guests and were kind and blithe,And they said: Come back when the chestnuts fall, And the wine-carts wend across the hythe.
From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by William Morris
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
