holder
/ˈhəʊldə
/noun
1A device or implement for holding something: I replaced the phone in its holder...
- On top of this there are plenty of storage trays in the dashboard, centre console and doors as well as a sunglasses case, cup holders and bottle holders.
- There are plenty more stowage points dotted around the car, including glove box, front door pockets, cup and bottle holders, and a special slide out shelf beneath the front seats.
- They also have birdhouses, pencil holders and wine bottle holders.
Synonyms
container, receptacle, case, casing, cover, covering, housing, sheath;
stand, rest, support, base, rack
2A person that holds something: a British passport holder holders of two American hostages...
- There was in addition, however, a major group of UK passport holders resident abroad who, as full UK citizens, were not covered by the Act.
- In December the EU decided that all passport holders, visitors and foreign resident nationals should be fingerprinted.
- Indian passport holders applying for visas outside India should obtain a statement from their local embassy or consulate confirming that they had no criminal record.
Synonyms
bearer, owner, possessor, keeper, proprietor;
incumbent, occupant, custodian
2.1The possessor of a trophy, championship, or record: the FA Cup holders...
- They are the current holders of this prestigious trophy.
- Badenhorst is three-times World Powerlifting champion and holder of the record for the World Mighty Man.
- Yorkshire were relieved to get rid of this pair so quickly because last year they figured in a century stand together in Ireland's shock win against Trophy holders, Surrey.
3A smallholder.On Monday two main contenders for the land were soon identified - the current holder Willy and another farmer, David Charnley....
- Magistrates were drawn from local property holders, and were almost without exception major planters.
- Yet the bourgeois property holders changed little in the way they farmed.
