Definitions for holdback

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holdback hold·back

Spelling: [hohld-bak]

IPA: /ˈhoʊldˌbæk/

Holdback is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 229 anagrams from letters in holdback (abcdhklo).

Definitions for holdback

noun

1. the iron or strap on the shaft of a horse-drawn vehicle to which the breeching of the harness is attached, enabling the horse to hold back or to back the vehicle.
2. a device for restraining or checking, as a doorstop or tieback.
3. a stop or delay:
4. a withholding:
5. something, as a planned expenditure or allotment, that is withheld or deferred.

Origin of holdback

First recorded in 1575-85; noun use of verb phrase hold back

Examples for holdback

For this end, during eleven years, all had given their share without stint or holdback.

When the nerve is unduly irritated the holdback, or inhibitory force, is increased, and the heart slows up in the same measure.

In the clouds we were passing over Clingman, Gibbs, and holdback.