heath

«heath» in Mova's school dictionary: a large area of open, wild land with poor soil, covered… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a heath, heaths)

meaning for a pupil

A heath is a large area of open, wild land with poor soil, covered with low plants like heather, gorse and grasses, and few trees. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and nature lessons, heaths are a habitat for special plants, insects, lizards, snakes and birds; they are common in the UK and Ireland and can catch fire easily in dry summers. In old stories and Shakespeare, a heath is a lonely, windy place where travellers meet strange things. Many places are named Heath, like Hampstead Heath in London.

examples

• We walked across the heath where purple heather grew. tree →
• Lizards bask in the sun on the heath. tree →
• In dry weather, a campfire can start a fire on the heath. tree →
• The wind blew hard across the open heath. tree →
• In the story, the travellers met three witches on a lonely heath. tree →
• Hampstead Heath is a big park in London. tree →
• So they continued their journey across the rugged heath. tree →

note

Countable: heaths. Similar to a «moor», which is higher and often wetter. Do not confuse with «health» (being well) or «heat». Heather is the plant that grows on heaths.

In the corpora

• Toad: «The open road, the dusty highway, the heath, the common, the hedgerows, the rolling downs! ...

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «heath» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.