Meaning

3 senses
  1. A projection that one may hold onto for support, e.g. in mountain climbing.

    an appendage to hold onto

  2. An act of holding hands.

  3. The manner in which dancers hold each other's hands during a dance.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The downclimb here is also dangerous as there are no handholds.

    deDer Abstieg hier ist auch gefährlich, da es kein Geländer gibt.

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Translations

3 languages

Origin

From hand + hold.

From hand + hold.

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Forms

plural: handholds
Singularhandhold
Pluralhandholds

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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