holm
/həʊm
/(also holme)
noun British
1An islet, especially in a river or near a mainland.
2A piece of flat ground by a river which is submerged in times of flood.
Origin
Old English, from Old Norse holmr; more frequently used in Scotland and northern England, but found in place names throughout Britain.
Rhymes
- agrochemical
- agrochemistry
- agro-city
- agroclimatic
- agrodespotic
- agrodolce
- agro-ecological
- agroecologist
- agroecology
- agro-economic
- agro-economist
- agroecosystem
- agroforestry
- agrogeology
- agrogorod
- agro-industrial
- agro-industry
- agroliterate
- agrologist
- agrology
- agromechanization
- agrometeorological
- agrometeorologist
- agrometeorology
- agromyzid