holder B2 Topic:People & Society US /ˈhoʊɫdɚ/ UK /ˈhəʊldə/ See IPA manual Freq #11486 Meanings 1 noun An object made to hold or support something. Put your umbrella in the umbrella holder by the door. 2 noun A person who owns or possesses something. He has been an account holder with us since 2004. 3 noun The current champion or title winner. The defending holder was knocked out in the first round. Thesaurus Word family Forms holders Derived forms accountholderbaitholderbillholderbondholderbook-holderbookholderboroughholderbottleholderboxholderbus-holdercandleholdercardholder Common collocations candle holder Noun + noun Etymology AI details From hold + -er. Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # holder **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈhoʊɫdɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈhəʊldə/ **Frequency rank:** 11486 ## Meanings 1. An object made to hold or support something. 2. A person who owns or possesses something. 3. The current champion or title winner. ## Examples - Put your umbrella in the umbrella holder by the door. - He has been an account holder with us since 2004. - The defending holder was knocked out in the first round. ## Derived Forms - accountholder - baitholder - billholder - bondholder - book-holder - bookholder - boroughholder - bottleholder - boxholder - bus-holder - candleholder - cardholder ## Etymology From hold + -er. ## AI Etymology Holder comes from hold + -er. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “An object made to hold or support something” and “A person who owns or possesses something”. ## Topics - People & Society markdown