heath

CEFRC1

/hiːθ/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    An open area of uncultivated land covered with low plants.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.

Examples

  • A heath is often created or expanded by fire, which prevents the growth of trees.

  • Before she could even talk, Ellie Heath used to spend hours drawing.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.

  2. in Erica spp.

  3. in Cassiope spp.

More examples

In context

  • Edward Heath, former British prime minister.

  • 1. Where the place?/2. Vpon the Heath/3. There to meet with Macbeth

  • There was nobody living in Jim's old house, and some of the windows was broken; but there was heath growing back and front.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English heth, heeth, hethe, from Old English hǣþ (“heath, untilled land, waste; heather”), from Proto-West Germanic *haiþi, from Proto-Germanic *haiþī (“heath, waste, untilled land”), from Proto-Indo-European *kayt- (“forest, wasteland, pasture”). Cognate with Dutch heide (“heath, moorland”), German Heide (“heath, moor”), Norwegian hei (“heath”), Swedish hed (“heath, moorland”), Old Welsh coit (“forest”), Welsh coed (“forest”), Latin būcētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”) -cetum (“place of, grove of”).