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heathery

/ˈhɛðəɹi/

heathery adjective: of, pertaining to, or abundant in heather.

Adjective

heathery (comparative more heathery, superlative most heathery)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or abundant in heather.
    • From right to left, our path was barred by a frowning rampart of grassy or heathery hills, whose rounded contours broke away here and there into ridge and scarp and cliff.1949 January and February, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–1”, in Railway Magazine, page 11
  2. Like or resembling heather.

Noun

UK/ˈhiːθəɹi/

heathery (plural heatheries)

  1. A place where varieties of heath are grown in a controlled environment.

Forms of heathery

Adjective
comparativemore heathery
superlativemost heathery
Noun
pluralheatheries

Origin of heathery

From heather + -y.

From heath + -ery.

Words formed from heathery

Questions about heathery

What does heathery mean?
Heathery means of, pertaining to, or abundant in heather.
What part of speech is heathery?
Heathery can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce heathery?
Heathery is pronounced /ˈhɛðəɹi/ (UK).

Words near heathery in the dictionary

  1. Heatherlys
  2. heathers
  3. Heatherton
  4. Heatherwick
  5. Heatherwicks
  6. heathery
  7. Heathfield
  8. Heathfield and Waldron
  9. heathfowl
  10. heathgrass
  11. heathier

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