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inholding

inholding noun: a piece of privately-owned land inside the boundary of a national park, national forest, state park, or similar publicly-owned protected area. Also the present participle and gerund of inhold.

Noun

inholding (plural inholdings)

  1. A piece of privately-owned land inside the boundary of a national park, national forest, state park, or similar publicly-owned protected area.
    • Thomas M. Daly, chief executive of the American Revolution Center, called the association’s concerns about inholdings a “specious argument.”2008 May 30, Jon Hurdle, “Fight Over Land Use at Valley Forge”, in New York Times

Also used as

inholding is also the present participle and gerund of inhold.

Forms of inholding

pluralinholdings

Origin of inholding

From in- + holding.

Questions about inholding

What does inholding mean?
Inholding means a piece of privately-owned land inside the boundary of a national park, national forest, state park, or similar publicly-owned protected area.
What part of speech is inholding?
Inholding is a noun.
What is the plural of inholding?
The plural of inholding is inholdings.

Words near inholding in the dictionary

  1. inhiving
  2. Inhofe
  3. inhold
  4. inholder
  5. inholders
  6. inholding
  7. inholdings
  8. inholds
  9. inhomogeneities
  10. inhomogeneity
  11. inhomogeneous

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