HEATH
What does "HEATH" mean?
An open area of uncultivated land covered with low shrubs such as heather.
Meanings
- A tract of open, uncultivated land with poor soil and low shrubby vegetation. They walked across the windswept heath at dusk.
- A low evergreen shrub of the genus Erica or related plants, including heather. Purple heath bloomed along the moorland path.
Did you know?
- 'Heathen' is thought to come from 'heath': the early Christianized towns saw the old beliefs lingering out on the wild open land, among the people of the heath.
Word origin
From Old English 'hæð' ('wasteland, untilled ground'), from Proto-Germanic 'haithijo'; related to the plant name and to 'heathen', literally 'one of the heath'.
Remember it
HEATH is HEAT plus H - picture sun-warmed, treeless open land stretching to the horizon.
A little poem
No fence, no furrow-
just heather and the long wind
owning all of it.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the shrub refuse to move to the city? It was happier out on the heath - too rooted in the old ways to convert.
What it teaches
Some ground was never meant to be tilled; respect the things that thrive only when left wild.
Quick facts
What does HEATH mean?
An open area of uncultivated land covered with low shrubs such as heather.
Is HEATH a valid word?
Yes — HEATH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is HEATH?
HEATH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does HEATH come from?
From Old English 'hæð' ('wasteland, untilled ground'), from Proto-Germanic 'haithijo'; related to the plant name and to 'heathen', literally 'one of the heath'.
What can HEATH teach us?
Some ground was never meant to be tilled; respect the things that thrive only when left wild.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.