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DH

DH is the initialism of designated hitter.

DH is the initialism of decision height.

DH is the initialism of heavy destroyer.

DH is the initialism of deputy head.

DH is the initialism of dear/darling husband.

DH is the initialism of domestic helper.

Meaning of designated hitter

Noun

designated hitter (plural designated hitters)

  1. A batter who is permitted to substitute for a pitcher in the batting rotation for the duration of a baseball game.
    Synonyms:
    DH
  2. (colloquial) A person who is asked to substitute for another in handling a portion of a task for which the other is less capable.

Meaning of decision height

Noun

decision height (plural decision heights)

  1. The height at which a pilot performing a precision approach must decide whether to land on the runway or to perform a go-around maneuver.

Forms of DH

pluralDHs

Questions about DH

What is DH the initialism of?
DH is the initialism of designated hitter.

Words near DH in the dictionary

  1. dGPUs
  2. DGS
  3. dGTPase
  4. dGTPases
  5. DGU
  6. DH
  7. dha
  8. dhaal
  9. dhaals
  10. Dhaalu
  11. Dhaandhoo

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: DH (page history and authors); designated hitter (page history and authors); decision height (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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