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holm

(hōm, hōlm)

n. Chiefly British

An island in a river.

[Middle English, from Old Norse hōlmr; see kel- in Indo-European roots.]

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holm

(həʊm)

1. (Physical Geography) an island in a river, lake, or estuary

2. (Physical Geography) low flat land near a river

[Old English holm sea, island; related to Old Saxon holm hill, Old Norse holmr island, Latin culmen tip]

holm

(həʊm)

1. (Plants) short for holm oak

2. (Plants) chiefly Brit a dialect word for holly

[C14: variant of obsolete holin, from Old English holegn holly]

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holm

(hoʊm)

n. Brit.

1. bottom (def. 4).

2. a small island.

[before 1000; Middle English < Old Norse holm islet, c. Old English holm wave, Old Saxon: hill; akin to hill]

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Forest products company Holmen AB (STO:HOLMB) on Thursday reported profit after tax of SEK451m, or EPS of SEK2.7, for the second quarter of 2019.

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Berth occupancy was 65% at the port on Tuesday where a total seven ships namely MSC Roberta, Hanjin Schen Zhen, Sea Merchant, Liberty N, Shalamar, Vest Holmen and Chemroad Queen are currently occupying berths to load/offload containers, cement, LPG Mix, Furnace Oil and Edible oil respectively during last 24 hours.

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Forest industry group Holmen says it reduced carbon dioxide by 45 per cent per tonne of paper and paperboard products in 2014 compared with the previous year.

Holmen cuts CO2 emissions by 45pc

At Holmen Hardware Hank in Holmen, Wisconsin, the staff has put aisle markers throughout the store to remind customers of rental equipment that corresponds with different products.

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Professor Jostein Holmen, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, said it was surprising to see that men forget more than women, Daily Mail reported.

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Professor Jostein Holmen, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, said that it was surprising to see that men forget more than women.

Its official! Men more forgetful than women

Scott Holmen, an expert with an extensive background in business development and technology, has been named to lead the new AltexSoft CA office.

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Stockholm-based Holmen AB has signed a contract with E.ON Sweden (Xetra: EOAN)

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Finnish paper maker Stora Enso (HEL:STERV) today dismissed a media report saying that it was in talks over a potential newsprint joint venture with peers Holmen (STO:HOLM B) in Sweden and Norske Skogindustrier (OSL:NSG) in Norway.

Stora Enso denies talks on JV with Holmen, Norske Skog

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Austrian Andritz gets order from Swedish Holmen

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In an end-run on the constitutional principal of church-state separation, the Holmen, Wisconsin, Village Board sold a tiny 30 x 33 foot plot of public land to the local Lion's Club in order that a Christian cross remain displayed.