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hors d'oeuvre noun, plural hors d'oeuvres also hors d'oeuvre [ORIGIN: F hors-d'oeuvre, lit., outside of the work]

: any of various savory foods usu. served as appetizers

horse noun, plural hors·es also horse 1 : a large solid-hoofed herbivorous mammal domesticated as a draft and saddle animal

2 : a supporting framework usu. with legs

— horse·less adjective

Synonyms

nag; also colt, filly, foal, gelding, mare, stallion; bronco, mustang, pony; charger, courser, cow pony, mount, palfrey, prancer, quarter horse, racehorse, saddle horse, trotter, workhorse; bay, black, buckskin, chestnut, dun, palomino, pinto, roan, sorrel; cob, jade, plug

1horseback noun : the back of a horse

2horseback adverb : on horseback

horse chestnut noun : a large tree with palmate leaves, erect conical clusters of showy flowers, and large glossy brown seeds enclosed in a prickly bur; also : its seed

horse·flesh noun : horses for riding, driving, or racing

horse·fly noun : any of a family of large dipteran flies with bloodsucking females

horse·hair noun 1 : the hair of a horse esp. from the mane or tail

2 : cloth made from horsehair

horse·hide noun 1 : the dressed or raw hide of a horse

2 : the ball used in baseball

horse latitudes noun plural : either of two calm regions near 30°N and 30°S latitude

horse·laugh noun : a loud boisterous laugh

horse·man noun 1 : one who rides horseback; also : one skilled in managing horses

2 : a breeder or raiser of horses

— horse·man·ship noun

horse·play noun : rough boisterous play

Synonyms

foolery, high jinks, monkeyshines, roughhouse, shenanigans, tomfoolery; also buffoonery, clownishness, foolishness, joking, nonsense, waggery; rowdiness; devilry, impishness, mischief, mischievousness, roguishness, trickery; cavorting, frivolity, frolicking, gamboling, merrymaking, playfulness, revelry, roistering, romping, sporting

horse·play·er noun : a bettor on horse races

horse·pow·er noun : a unit of power equal in the U.S. to 746 watts

horse·rad·ish noun : a tall white-flowered herb related to the mustards whose pungent root is used as a condiment; also : the pungent condiment

horse sense noun : sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts

Synonyms

common sense, prudence, sense, wisdom, wit—more at COMMON SENSE

horse·shoe noun 1 : a usu. U-shaped protective metal plate fitted to the rim of a horse's hoof

2 plural : a game in which horseshoes are pitched at a fixed object

— horse·shoe verb

— horse·sho·er noun

horseshoe crab noun : any of several marine arthropods with a broad crescent-shaped combined head and thorax

horse·tail noun : any of a genus of primitive spore-producing plants with hollow jointed stems and leaves reduced to sheaths about the joints

horse·whip verb : to flog with a whip made to be used on a horse

horse·wom·an noun : a woman skilled in riding horseback or in caring for or managing horses; also : a woman who breeds or raises horses

hors·ey also horsy adjective hors·i·er; -est 1 : of, relating to, or suggesting a horse

2 : having to do with horses or horse racing

hort abbreviation horticultural; horticulture

hor·ta·tive adjective : giving exhortation

hor·ta·to·ry adjective : HORTATIVE

hor·ti·cul·ture noun : the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants

— hor·ti·cul·tur·al adjective

— hor·ti·cul·tur·ist noun

Hos abbreviation Hosea

ho·san·na interjection [ORIGIN: Gk hōsanna, fr. Heb hōshīāh-nnā pray, save (us)!]

— used as a cry of acclamation and adoration

— hosanna noun

1hose noun, plural hose or hos·es 1 plural hose : STOCKING, SOCK; also : a close-fitting garment covering the legs and waist

2 : a flexible tube for conveying fluids (as from a faucet)

2hose verb hosed; hos·ing : to spray, water, or wash with a hose

Ho·sea noun : a book of the canonical Jewish and Christian Scriptures

ho·siery noun : STOCKINGS, SOCKS

hosp abbreviation