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Forehold (noun) means (nautical) The front section of the space inside a ship where cargo is stored.

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(nautical) The front section of the space inside a ship where cargo is stored.

"The forehold was a store for sails, warps and other gear and its floor covered a dank space known as the dill room where imperishable stores were stowed." — John Leather, The Ketch (2002)

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C2 · Advanced serendipity Fortunate discoveries made entirely by accident.

Gen Z slang rizz Charm — the ability to attract a romantic interest.

B2 · Intermediate empathy The capacity to share another person’s feelings.

C1 · Advanced nonchalant Casually calm and relaxed; unconcerned.

Internet slang delulu Delusional — believing something against the odds.

Etymology nostalgia Greek nostos “return home” + algos “pain”.

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Etymology

Formed from fore- (a prefix meaning ‘positioned at or near the front’) and hold (“the cargo area of an aircraft or ship”). Hold itself is a variant of hole (shaped by the verb hold), which came from Middle English hole, hol (“perforation, hole; cave, cavern; hiding place, shelter; cell, compartment”), itself from Old English hol (“hole (in the ground)”), from Proto-West Germanic *hol (“hollow”), from Proto-Germanic *hulą (“depression, hollow; hole”), from Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”). Beyond this the origin is uncertain, though it may go back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover; to conceal, hide”) or *ḱewh₁- (“to be strong; to swell”).

Rhymes for forehold

behold freehold household stranglehold

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"forehold" (noun) means (nautical) The front section of the space inside a ship where cargo is stored.