heather
pronunciation
How to pronounce heather in British English:
UK [ˈheðə(r)]
How to pronounce heather in American English:
US [ˈheðər]
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- Noun:
- common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
- interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted grayish shades with flecks of color
Word Origin
- heather
- heather: see heath
- heather (n.)
- early 14c., hathir, from Old English *hæddre, Scottish or northern England dialect name for Calluna vulgaris, probably altered by heath, but real connection to that word is unlikely [Liberman, OED]. Perhaps originally Celtic. As a fem. proper name little used in U.S. before 1935, but a top-15 name for girls born there 1971-1989.
Example
- 1. The game began when heather was 14 .
- 2. Those are the three pitfalls of dining out , says heather .
- 3. This woman told her story to reporter heather murdock .
- 4. History is a sterile earth where heather does not grow .
- 5. Heather : I think I remember hamlet accurately .