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H

H

19 1.0
The eighth letter of the English alphabet
  • noun
  • /eɪtʃ/
translation icon : hache
  • "Name the five presidents whose last names begin with the letter H."
  • Subject H
  • H-tree

Pain is beauty painful with an H painful.

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Examples

  • I'm gonna call you H, if that's okay?

  • No, it's got an "H."

  • So we can put that H then in port B.

  • What do you do with h?" She started to explain, but I cut her off.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Not the square root of H, it's H, right?

  • The "X" is an "H."

  • Oh, you said "hourglass" with an "H".

  • How many times have I said that fashion is spelt with an "H"?

  • See, hearth is earth with an H, which stands for heaven, heaven in earth.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The letter H comes after G in the alphabet.

Synonyms

aitch
vsH
9.9

The name of the letter H in English

is the alphabet character itself rather than its spoken name

Compounds

H-bomb
  • NSFW
3 4.0

A very powerful nuclear weapon that explodes by joining hydrogen atoms

Big H
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A street name for the illegal drug heroin

A mild, funny phrase people say instead of swearing when surprised or angry

the h-word
  • Informal
9.9

A polite way to mention the word hate without saying it

vitamin H
  • Archaic
3.9

A nutrient the body needs to grow and make energy from food

Surface Forms

H singular
Hs plural

Etymology

H began as an old sign called heth that meant 'fence'. Its shape still looks a bit like a gate and it marks the soft 'h' sound you hear at the start of 'house', which helps you remember it.