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handheld

handheld is the alternative form of hand-held.

Meaning of hand-held

Adjective

hand-held (not comparable)

  1. Held in one or both hands.
    • He filmed the scene with a hand-held camera.
  2. Small and light enough to be operated while held in one or both hands.
    • This device is small and hand-held, perfect for travel.

See all 4 meanings of hand-held

Forms of handheld

pluralhandhelds

Words formed from handheld

Phrases with handheld

Questions about handheld

What is handheld the alternative form of?
Handheld is the alternative form of hand-held.

Words near handheld in the dictionary

  1. handgun
  2. handgunner
  3. handgunners
  4. handguns
  5. handhabend
  6. handheld
  7. handheld console
  8. handheld consoles
  9. handheld terminal
  10. handheld terminals
  11. handhelds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handheld (page history and authors); hand-held (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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