1. Close in space; within reach
   "the town is close at hand"
   - at hand 
2. Close in time; about to occur
   "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"
   - at hand, imminent, impendent, impending

See also: close

• blockade-runner
• balsa raft
• balsa wood
• balsam
• balsam apple
• balsam capivi
• balsam family
• balsam fir
• balsam herb
• balsam of Peru
• balsam of tolu
• balsam pear
• balsam poplar
• balsam willow
• balsam woolly aphid
• balsam-scented
• balsamic
• Balsaminaceae
• Balsamorhiza
• balsamroot
• balsamy
• Balthasar
• Balthazar
• balti
• Baltic