Dictionary Definition
heath
Noun
1 a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae;
has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
2 a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land
with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation [syn: heathland]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Old English hæþPronunciation
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- Rhymes: -iːθ
Noun
Usage notes
- The word heaths may apply more than one, disjoint, heathlands.
Extensive Definition
Heath can mean:
- Heath (habitat), a landscape characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation.
- Any of several related genera of flowering plants in the
family.
- Ericaceae, growing in this habitat:
- Erica (the genus most widely so known)
- Calluna
- Cassiope
- Daboecia
- Epacris (also known as Australian Heath)
- Leucopogon (Beard-heath)
- Phyllodoce (Mountainheath)
Places
United Kingdom
- Heath, Cardiff, Wales
- Heath, Cheshire, England
- Heath, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
- Heath, Devon, England
- Heath, Shropshire, England
- Heath, West Yorkshire, England
United States
Denmark
Elsewhere
- Heath River, border between Peru and Bolivia
People
Surname
- Benjamin Heath, British scholar
- Darren Heath, motor sports photographer
- David Heath, British politician
- Edward Heath, British politician
- Eric Heath, New Zealand cartoonist
- Ted Heath (bandleader)
- Lewis Heath, British general
- Lilian Heath, American doctor
- Michael Heath (cartoonist)
- Monroe Heath, American politician
- Samantha Heath, British politician
- Sir Thomas Little (T.L.) Heath, British mathematician and historian of classical Greek mathematics
- Thomas Heath (instrument maker) (1719-1773), English scientific and mathematical instrument maker.
- William Heath, American soldier and politician
- William Heath (artist), British artist and caricaturist
- Joseph Heath, Canadian philosopher
- The Heath Brothers: Jimmy Heath, Percy Heath, and Tootie Heath, all American musicians
Forename
- Heath Ledger, Australian actor
- Heath Bell, pitcher for the San Diego Padres.
- Heath Miller, American football player
- Heath Ramsay, Australian butterfly swimmer
- W. Heath Robinson, British cartoonist
- Heath Shuler, Washington Redskins quarterback, now Democratic representative from North Carolina
- Heath Streak, Zimbabwean cricketer
- Heath (bassist), bassist of X Japan
- Heath Lamberts, Broadway actor who originated the role of Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast.
- Heath Herring, American heavyweight mixed martial artist, veteran of UFC, Pride Fighting Championships, K-1 and World Vale Tudo Championship
- Heath, a gay character in Greek
Court cases
- Heath v. Alabama, 478 U.S. 82 (1985), interpreting the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Other uses
- Heath bar, a popular candy bar
- Heath, a wyvern knight in the video game Fire Emblem.
- Heath, also known as Tucker, the owner of the Battle Dome from the Pokémon series.
- Heath, the thesaurus, a dinosaur on the PBS Kids show "Between the Lions".
heath in German: Heath
heath in French: Heath
heath in Korean: 히스
heath in Dutch: Heath
heath in Polish: Heath
heath in Volapük: Heath
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Sahara, alkali flat, alluvial
plain, barren, barren
land, barrens, basin, bottomland, brush, bush, bushveld, campo, champaign, champaign country,
coastal plain, delta,
desert, desolation, down, downs, dust bowl, fell, flat, flat country, flatland, flats, grass veld, grassland, howling wilderness,
karroo, lande, level, llano, lowland, lowlands, lunar landscape,
lunar mare, lunar waste, mare, mesa, mesilla, moor, moorland, open country,
outback, pampa, pampas, peneplain, plain, plains, plateau, playa, prairie, salt flat, salt marsh,
salt pan, savanna,
sebkha, steppe, table, tableland, tree veld, tundra, upland, vega, veld, waste, wasteland, weald, weary waste, wide-open
spaces, wild, wilderness, wilds, wold