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What does holding mean? Is holding a Scrabble word?

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Is holding a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word holding is a Scrabble US word. The word holding is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

H4O1L1D2I1N1G2

Is holding a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word holding is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

H4O1L1D2I1N1G2

Is holding a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word holding is a Words With Friends word. The word holding is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3O1L2D2I1N2G3

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7-letter words (1 found)

HOLDING,

6-letter words (2 found)

DOLING,HOLING,

5-letter words (8 found)

DINGO,DOING,HOING,HONGI,INDOL,LINGO,LOGIN,OHING,

4-letter words (28 found)

DHOL,DING,DINO,DIOL,DONG,GILD,GLID,GOLD,HILD,HIND,HING,HOLD,HOND,HONG,IDOL,INGO,LIDO,LIND,LING,LINO,LION,LOID,LOIN,LONG,NIGH,NODI,NOIL,OLID,

3-letter words (32 found)

DIG,DIN,DOG,DOH,DOL,DON,GHI,GID,GIN,GIO,GOD,GON,HID,HIN,HOD,HOG,HOI,HON,ING,ION,LID,LIG,LIN,LOD,LOG,NID,NIL,NOD,NOG,NOH,OIL,OLD,

2-letter words (16 found)

DI,DO,GI,GO,HI,HO,ID,IN,IO,LI,LO,NO,OD,OH,OI,ON,

You can make 87 words from holding according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of holding

holding

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hōldʹ-ĭng, IPA(key): /ˈhəʊldɪŋ/
    • (General Australian) IPA(key): [ˈhəʉɫdɪŋ]
    • (UK) IPA(key): [ˈhəʊɫdɪŋ]
    • (US) IPA(key): [ˈhoʊɫdɪŋ]
  • Rhymes: -əʊldɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: hold‧ing

Noun

holding (plural holdings)

  1. Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
  2. A determination of law made by a court.
  3. A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
  4. (obsolete) Logic; consistency.
  5. (obsolete) The burden or chorus of a song.
  6. (obsolete, rare) That which holds, binds, or influences; hold; influence; power.
  7. (in texts about Russia, nonstandard) A holding company, or other kind of company (by back-translation from Russian холдинг (xolding)).

Coordinate terms

  • (determination): finding

Descendants

  • → Polish: holding

Translations

Verb

holding

  1. present participle and gerund of hold

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • hodling

French

Pronunciation

Noun

holding m or f (plural holdings)

  1. holding company

Further reading

  • “holding”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English holding.

Noun

holding f (invariable)

  1. holding company

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English holding.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɔl.diŋk/
  • Rhymes: -ɔldiŋk
  • Syllabification: hol‧ding

Noun

holding m inan

  1. (business) holding company

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • holding in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • holding in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English holding.

Pronunciation

Noun

holding m (invariable)

  1. holding company

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French holding, from English holding.

Noun

holding n (plural holdinguri)

  1. holding company

Declension

Spanish

Noun

holding m (plural holdings)

  1. holding company

Further reading

  • “holding”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Turkish

Etymology

From English holding.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔl.diɲɟ/

Noun

holding (definite accusative holdingi, plural holdingler)

  1. holding company

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org