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- [heeth]
- /hiθ/
- /hiːθ/
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- [heeth]
- /hiθ/
Definitions of heath word
- noun heath Sir Edward (Richard George) 1916–2005, British statesman: prime minister 1970–74. 1
- noun heath An area of open uncultivated land, especially in Britain, with characteristic vegetation of heather, gorse, and coarse grasses. 1
- noun heath uncultivated field 1
- countable noun heath A heath is an area of open land covered with rough grass or heather and with very few trees or bushes. 0
- noun heath a large open area, usually with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation, esp heather 0
- noun heath any low-growing evergreen ericaceous shrub of the Old World genus Erica and related genera, having small bell-shaped typically pink or purple flowers 0
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Origin of heath
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English hǣth; cognate with German Heide, Old Norse heithr, Gothic haithi; akin to Welsh coed trees, wood
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Parts of speech for Heath
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heath popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
heath usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for heath
noun heath
- grassland — an area, as a prairie, in which the natural vegetation consists largely of perennial grasses, characteristic of subhumid and semiarid climates.
- pasture — Rogier [French raw-zhee-ey] /French rɔ ʒiˈeɪ/ (Show IPA), or Roger [French raw-zhey] /French rɔˈʒeɪ/ (Show IPA), de la [French duh-la] /French də la/ (Show IPA), Weyden, Rogier van der.
- prairie — a historical novel (1827) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- plain — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- rug — a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design. Compare carpet.
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