A heath is often created or expanded by fire, which prevents the growth of trees.
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Heath
//hiːθ//
Synonyms for "heath" (81 found)
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Translations
82 translations across 40 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐρείκη noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
Armenian
1 entries- հավամրգի noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
Belarusian
2 entries- пу́стка noun (type of land)
- пустэ́ча noun (type of land)
Breton
1 entries- lann noun (type of land)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изтравниче noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
- пирен noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
- пу́стош noun (type of land)
Catalan
1 entries- landa noun (type of land)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 荒地 noun (type of land)
- 荒野 noun (type of land)
Czech
3 entries- vřes noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
- vřesovec noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
- vřesoviště noun (type of land)
Dutch
4 entries- hei noun (type of land)
- hei noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
- heide noun (type of land)
- heide noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
Esperanto
2 entries- erikejo noun (type of land)
- eriko noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
Estonian
1 entries- nõmm noun (type of land)
Finnish
3 entries- kanervakasvi noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
- nummi noun (type of land)
- varpu noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
French
3 entries- bruyère noun (type of land)
- bruyère noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
- lande noun (type of land)
Galician
4 entries- bouza noun (type of land)
- braña noun (type of land)
- breixo noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
- queiroa noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
German
2 entries- Heide noun (type of land)
- Heide noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹 noun (type of land)
Greek
3 entries- θαμνότοπος noun (type of land)
- ξερότοπος noun (type of land)
- ρείκι noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
Hungarian
3 entries- hanga noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
- puszta noun (type of land)
- pusztaság noun (type of land)
Icelandic
2 entries- heiði noun (type of land)
- lyng noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
Italian
3 entries- brughiera noun (type of land)
- erica noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
- landa noun (type of land)
Japanese
1 entries- ヒース noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
Low German
3 entries- Heid noun (type of land)
- Heid noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
- Heidloo noun (type of land)
Middle English
2 entries- heth noun (type of land)
- heth noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
Norman
1 entries- lande noun (type of land)
Norwegian
1 entries- lyng noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
Occitan
2 entries- bruga noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
- landa noun (type of land)
Old Armenian
1 entries- երեկին noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
Old English
1 entries- hǣþ noun (type of land)
Old Norse
1 entries- lyng noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
Polish
2 entries- wrzos noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
- wrzosowisko noun (type of land)
Portuguese
2 entries- charneca noun (type of land)
- urze noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
Russian
2 entries- ве́реск noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
- пу́стошь noun (type of land)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fraoch noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- pustara noun (type of land)
- vrijes noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
- vriština noun (type of land)
Spanish
3 entries- brezal noun (type of land)
- brezo noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
- páramo noun (type of land)
Swedish
3 entries- hed noun (type of land)
- hedmark noun (type of land)
- ljung noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
Turkish
2 entries- funda noun (type of land)
- funda noun (shrub of the family Ericaceae)
Ukrainian
2 entries- пу́стище noun (type of land)
- пу́стка noun (type of land)
Volapük
1 entries- brüyäralän noun (type of land)
Welsh
1 entries- rhos noun (type of land)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Everyone has a house to go to, a home where they can find shelter. My house is the desert, my home the barren heath. The north wind is my fire, the rain my only bath.
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Before she could even talk, Ellie Heath used to spend hours drawing.
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Ellie Heath stands next to some of her designs - made of recycled fabrics and adorned with her distinctive artistic touch.
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