holder
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊldə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊɫdɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊldə(r)
- Hyphenation: hold‧er
Noun
holder (plural holders)
- A thing that holds.
- Put your umbrella in the umbrella holder.
- A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.
- He's been an account holder with us since 2004.
- In 2012, there were 28 living holders of the Victoria Cross or the George Cross.
- (nautical) One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
- (sports) The defending champion.
Derived terms
- accountholder
- baitholder
- billholder
- bondholder
- bookholder
- boroughholder
- bottleholder
- boxholder
- candleholder
- cardholder
- chairholder
- cigarette holder
- coholder
- copyholder
- cupholder
- debentureholder
- debtholder
- deedholder
- film badge holder
- fundholder
- gasholder
- grudgeholder
- high-holder
- inkholder
- innholder
- jobholder
- lampholder
- landholder
- leaseholder
- lienholder
- loanholder
- mapholder
- neckholder
- noteholder
- officeholder
- over-the-shoulder boulder holder
- passholder
- patentholder
- penholder
- permitholder
- pewholder
- placeholder
- planholder
- policyholder
- postholder
- potholder
- powerholder
- record-holder
- rightsholder
- runholder
- seatholder
- shareholder
- shipholder
- signholder
- slaveholder
- sleeveholder
- stakeholder
- stallholder
- stockholder
- ticket-holder
- titleholder
- typeholder
- unitholder
Translations
a thing that holds
a person who possesses something
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German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Norwegian Bokmål
Derived terms
References
- “holder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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