Meaning of Heath | Babel Free
hiːθDefinitions
- A surname.
- A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
- Edward Heath, former British prime minister.
- Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
- A male given name.
- in Erica spp.
- A number of places in the United Kingdom:
- A village in Heath and Holmewood parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4466).
- in Cassiope spp.
- A hamlet in Leintwardine parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3876).
- in Daboecia spp.
- A hamlet in Abdon and Heath parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5585).
- in Epacris spp. (Australian heath)
- A suburb of Stourbridge, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO8983).
- in Leucopogon spp. (beard heath)
- A small village in Warmfield cum Heath parish, City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3520).
- in Phyllodoce spp. (mountain heath)
- A suburb, a community and ward in the City of Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1780).
- Any butterfly or moth of species:
- Coenonympha spp., a genus of brush-footed butterfly, of the palaearctic.
- Coenonympha pamphilus, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and Northern Africa, the small heath
- Hampstead Heath, a park in London.
- Coenonympha tullia, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and North America, the large heath
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Covington County, Alabama.
- Melitaea athalia (heath fritillary)
- An extinct town in Perry Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
- Semiothisa clathrata (latticed heath)
- A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
- Ematurga atomaria (common heath)
- A township in Allegan County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Fergus County, Montana.
- A city in Licking County, Ohio.
- A township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
- A city in Rockwall County and Kaufman County, Texas.
Equivalents
Examples
“1. Where the place⟳?/2. Vpon the Heath/3. There to meet⟳ with Macbeth”
“These two stood in the corridor, waving till the last⟳ of the platform was out of sight; then they came into our compartment, and the woman cried a little. Soon she dried her eyes, and went back into the corridor, to have⟳ a last⟳ glimpse of her native heath.”
“There was nobody living in Jim's old house, and some of the windows was broken; but there was heath growing back and front.”
“"But it must be better still outside, though. They say⟳ thousands of people are out in the parks and on the Heath watching it all."”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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