heath

/hiːθ/

heath · name — A surname.

Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

heath is pronounced /hiːθ/.

Etymology

English surname, from the noun heath.

name

A surname.e.g.“Edward Heath, former British prime minister.”
A male given name.
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).
A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet in Leintwardine parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3876).
A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A hamlet in Abdon and Heath parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5585).
A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A suburb of Stourbridge, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO8983).
A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A small village in Warmfield cum Heath parish, City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3520).
A number of places in the United Kingdom:; A suburb, a community and ward in the City of Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1780).
A number of places in the United Kingdom:; Hampstead Heath, a park in London.e.g.“"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."” — 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 13:
A number of places in the United States:; A town in Covington County, Alabama.
A number of places in the United States:; An extinct town in Perry Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
A number of places in the United States:; A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
A number of places in the United States:; A township in Allegan County, Michigan.
A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fergus County, Montana.
A number of places in the United States:; A city in Licking County, Ohio.

noun

A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.e.g.“1. Where the place?/2. Vpon the Heath/3. There to meet with Macbeth” — c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount,
Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.e.g.“There was nobody living in Jim's old house, and some of the windows was broken; but there was heath growing back and front.” — 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 258:
Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.; in Erica spp.
Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.; in Cassiope spp.
Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.; in Daboecia spp.
Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.; in Epacris spp. (Australian heath)
Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.; in Leucopogon spp. (beard heath)
Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.; in Phyllodoce spp. (mountain heath)
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
Any butterfly or moth of species:; Coenonympha spp., a genus of brush-footed butterfly, of the palaearctic.; Coenonympha tullia, native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and North America, the large heath
Any butterfly or moth of species:; Melitaea athalia (heath fritillary)
Any butterfly or moth of species:; Semiothisa clathrata (latticed heath)
Any butterfly or moth of species:; Ematurga atomaria (common heath)

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Words closest in meaning

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heathland 81% match — A tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, found on mainly infertile acidic soils. Similar to moorland but with warmer and drier climate. vs heath →
heathy 71% match — Resembling heath. vs heath →
heathlike 70% match — Resembling or characteristic of a heath. vs heath →
heathery 69% match — Of, pertaining to, or abundant in heather. vs heath →
moorland 68% match — Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken. vs heath →
heathless 67% match — Without a heath. vs heath →
bruery 64% match — heathland for grazing animals vs heath →
heathwort 61% match — Any ericaceous plant. vs heath →