holdover
Meanings
Plural: holdovers
Noun
- an official who remains in office after his term
- something that has survived from the past
- "a holdover from the sixties"
- Something left behind, saved or remaining from an earlier time.
- The distance (at target) by which a rifle scope is aimed higher than the intended point of impact in order to compensate for bullet drop over the distance to the target.
Origin / Etymology
Deverbal from hold over.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
holdover is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordholdover is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
holdover is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
holdover is a valid Words With Friends word