HOYLE

Hoyle, Edmond Hoyle

(noun) English writer on card games (1672-1769)

Hoyle, Fred Hoyle, Sir Fred Hoyle

(noun) an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Hoyle

A surname.

Anagrams

• holey

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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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