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pelham

pelham noun: a type of bit used on the bridle of a horse, consisting of a mouthpiece, a shank, and two rings on each side.

Noun

pelham (plural pelhams)

  1. A type of bit used on the bridle of a horse, consisting of a mouthpiece, a shank, and two rings on each side.

Proper noun capitalized: Pelham

Pelham (countable and uncountable, plural Pelhams)

  1. A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP108368).
  2. A town in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A city in Shelby County, Alabama.
  4. A city in Mitchell County, Georgia.
  5. A town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
    • Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health.2025 January 22, Nick Stoico, “Newton city council approves generational tobacco ban, joining other Mass. towns”, in Boston Globe, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2025
  6. A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
  7. A town and village therein, in Westchester County, New York.
  8. An unincorporated community in Caswell County, North Carolina.
  9. A census-designated place in Grundy County, Tennessee.
  10. A rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland.
  11. A locality in Central Highlands council area and the Southern Midlands council area, central Tasmania.
  12. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of pelham

Noun
pluralpelhams
Proper noun
pluralPelhams

Origin of pelham

From the Old English personal name *Pēola + hām (“homestead”).

Words formed from pelham

  • Brent Pelham
  • Furneux Pelham
  • Stocking Pelham

Questions about pelham

What does pelham mean?
Pelham means a type of bit used on the bridle of a horse, consisting of a mouthpiece, a shank, and two rings on each side.
What part of speech is pelham?
Pelham can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of pelham?
The plural of pelham is pelhams.

Words near pelham in the dictionary

  1. Pelfrey
  2. Pelfreys
  3. pelfries
  4. pelfry
  5. pelfs
  6. pelham
  7. pelhams
  8. pelican
  9. pelican crossing
  10. pelican crossings
  11. pelican eel

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