Definitions for holdover

holdover hold·o·ver

Spelling: [hohld-oh-ver]
IPA: /ˈhoʊldˌoʊ vər/

Holdover is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 167 anagrams from letters in holdover (dehloorv).

Definitions for holdover

noun

  1. a person or thing remaining from a former period.
  2. Printing. overset that can be kept for future use.

Origin of holdover

1885-1890, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase hold over

Examples for holdover

Perched atop a mountain of wavy, pulled-back hair is a mangled ball of manliness, a holdover from the days of the samurai.

Mad Men, in other words, is a holdover of sorts: the last of the original Golden Age dramas.

The only visual extravagance is the bright yellow sofa on which we both sit, a holdover from the previous occupant.

I remember thinking that it looked like a holdover from the disco days.

A liquid substance which when applied to a "holdover" revivifies it and enables its owner to sit up and notice the bar-tender.

Unfortunately, there are only five of them, and one (Bjorn) is a holdover from the first game.

The only Arabist with real knowledge of the country was a holdover from the previous administration.

There was speculation she would clash with flinty GOP holdover Defense Secretary Bob Gates.

This holdover off Sloane Square must be doing something right.

Word Value for holdover
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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