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[ count, noncount ] taking or having something in your hands

She had a firm hold on the rope. He got hold of the dog by its collar.

[ count ] the part of a ship or an airplane where goods are kept

get hold of someone ; get a hold of someone

to find someone so that you can speak to them I'm trying to get a hold of Peter, but he's not home.

get hold of something ; get a hold of something

to find something I can't get hold of the book I need. on hold

waiting to speak to someone or continue a conversation on the telephone

May I put you on hold while I find out that information? hold • up / ' houldAp / noun [count]

something that makes you wait There was a long holdup on the highway.

—SYNONYM delay

when someone tries to rob someone using a gun There was a holdup at the local supermarket yesterday.

hole © /houl/ noun [ count ]

an empty space or opening in something I'm going to dig a hole in the sand. My socks are full of holes.

hol . i .day ©/ 'hulodei / noun

[ count ] a day when most schools and offices are closed to celebrate a religious or national occasion

Next Monday is a holiday. Memorial Day is a national holiday .

the holidays [ plural ] the time in late December and early January that includes Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's Day, etc.

Are you doing anything special for the holidays? Happy holidays!

hol • low / halou / adjective

with an empty space inside A drum is hollow.

hol • ly / ' hali / noun [noncount]

a plant that has leaves with a lot of sharp points, and red berries (= small round fruit ) . People often use it to decorate their houses for Christmas.

ho • ly / ' houli / adjective ( ho - li .er , ho - li - est ) ( religion )

very special because it is about God or a god The Bible is the holy book of Christians.

A holy person lives a good and religious life.

home © / houm / noun

[ count, noncount ] the place where you live

Sam left home (= stopped living in his parents' house ) at the age of 18.

[ count ] a place to live for people who need special care My grandmother lives in a home for the elderly.

—Look at nursing home .

at home

in your house or apartment

My son is 28 and still lives at home.

comfortable, as if you were in your own home Please make yourself at home .

( sports ) If a sports team plays a game at home , they play on their own field.

home 2 © / houm / adverb

to the place where you live Grammar

Be careful! We do not use to before home : / / Let's go home . ♦ / / What time did you get home last night?

home 3 / houm / adjective

connected with your home or your country What is your home address?

home cooking

( sports ) connected with your own sports team or field The home team has a lot of support.

home • land / ' houmlrend / noun [ count ]

the country where you were born

home • less / houmlas / adjective

If you are homeless , you have nowhere to live The floods made many people homeless. helping the homeless (= people who have no home )

home • made / |houm' meid / adjective

made in your house, not bought in a store homemade bread

home page ( also home - page ) / ' houm peid₃ / noun [ count ]

( computers ) the first of a number of pages of information on the Internet that belongs to a person or an organization. A home page contains connections to other pages of information.

home • room / ' houmrum / noun [ count, noncount ]

a room in a school where students go at the beginning of each school day

home run / |houm ' гап / (also informal ho - mer ) / ' houmar / noun [ count ]

( sports ) a hit in baseball, which goes so far that the player can run around all four bases to score a point

home • sick / houmsik / adjective