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silent h

noun

Definitions

  1. A letter ⟨h⟩ that is written but not pronounced.

    • The vihuela (silent h) is a small, guitar-like instrument strummed as much for its percussive as its melodic sound.
    • Examples include the silent h in ghost (to match Dutch gheest, which later became geest), aghast, ghastly and gherkin.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for silent h. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA