holder : Idioms & Phrases

Bill" hold`er

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1. A person who holds a bill or acceptance.
2. A device by means of which bills, etc., are held.

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• noun a holder with sockets for candles
  candlestick.
  

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• noun a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
  magazine; clip; cartridge clip.
  

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• noun a tube that holds a cigarette while it is being smoked
  

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• (Spectrometry) A small device used to hold one or more cuvettes[3], shaped specifically to fit in the sample chamber of a particular type of spectrometer, with openings to permit light to pass through the holder and the cuvettes, and designed so as to hold the cuvette accurately and reproducibly within the light path of the spectrometer. For cuvettes with a square horizontal cross-section, the compartments will have a corresponding square cross-section, usu. slightly larger than the cuvette.

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• noun a large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuel
  gasometer.
  

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• noun a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce
  sauceboat; boat; gravy boat.
  

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High"-hold`er noun

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1. (Zoöl.) The flicker; -- called also high-hole. Local, U. S.

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Hold"er-forth` noun

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1. One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher. Addison.

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• noun the person who accepts a mortgage
  mortgagee.
  
  • the bank became our mortgagee when it accepted our mortgage on our new home

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• . See Officeholder in the Vocabulary

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• one to whom an insurance policy has been granted.

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• noun someone who breaks a record
  record-breaker.
  

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• noun metal tweezers used by marijuana smokers to hold a roach
  roach clip.
  

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• noun holder of a ticket (for admission or for passage)
  

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• noun someone who has won first place in a competition
  champ; champion.
  

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