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
- well-populated
- well-positioned
- well-practiced
- well-practised
- well-prepared
- well preserved
- well-pressed
- well-primed
- well-principled
- well-printed
- well-prized
- well-produced
- well-proportionated
- well proportioned
- well-proved
- well-proven
- well-provendered
- well-provided
- well-provided-for
- well-publicized
- well qualified
- well-quartered
- well-raised
- well-ranged
- well read