BOOT HILL

Meaning of BOOT HILL in English

( AmE infml )

a humorous name for a cemetery in the Wild West . One of the best known is at Tombstone , Arizona . The name comes from the idea that many people were buried in the boots they were wearing when they were killed.

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BOOT HILL — noun Usage: sometimes capitalized B&H Etymology: so called from the supposition that most persons buried there died with their boots …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOOT HILL — Western U.S. a cemetery of a frontier settlement, esp. one in which gunfighters were buried. [ 1900-05, Amer. ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOOT HILL — noun [ U ] ( US , informal , humorous ) (in the Wild West) a place where people are …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOOT HILL — {n.} A cemetery in the old Wild West where cowboys and cops and robbers used to be buried with their …
Slang English vocab
BOOT HILL — Function: noun Synonyms: CEMETERY , ||boneyard, burial ground, burying ground, God's acre, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis, polyandrium, potter's field
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BOOT HILL — noun Synonyms: cemetery , ||boneyard, burial ground, burying ground, God's acre, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis, polyandrium, potter's field
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
BOOT HILL — {n.} A cemetery in the old Wild West where cowboys and cops and robbers used to be buried with their …
Словарь английских идиом
BOOT HILL — n. A cemetery in the old Wild West where cowboys and cops and robbers used to be buried with their …
American Idioms English vocabulary
BOOT HILL — (американизм) (историческое) кладбище в пограничном городке на Западе
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOOT HILL — амер. ист. кладбище в пограничном городке на Западе
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BOOT HILL — амер. ист. кладбище в пограничном городке на Западе
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BOOT HILL — амер. ист. кладбище в пограничном городке на Западе
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BOOT HILL — (американизм) (историческое) кладбище в пограничном городке на Западе
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HILL — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Bunker Hill Battle of Hill David Octavius and Robert Adamson Hill James Jerome Hill …
Английский словарь Британика
HILL
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOOT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HILL — — hiller , n. /hil/ , n. 1. a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOOT — boot 1 /booht/ , n. 1. a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOOT — I. ˈbüt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bōt remedy — more at better Date: before 12th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HILL — vt to surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn. 2. hill ·noun …
Webster English vocab
BOOT — noun booty; spoil. 2. boot ·noun profit; gain; advantage; use. 3. boot ·vt to put boots on, ·esp. for riding. …
Webster English vocab
HILL — [hill] n [ME, fr. OE hyll; akin to L collis hill, culmen top] (bef. 12c) 1: a usu. rounded natural …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOOT — [boot] n [ME, fr. OE bot remedy; akin to OE betera better] (bef. 12c) 1 archaic: deliverance 2. chiefly dial: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HILL — hill, Hill BrE AmE hɪl ▷ hills hɪlz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HILL — / hɪl; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] an area of land that is higher than the land around …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOOT — / buːt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a strong shoe that covers the foot and ankle and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HILL
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HILL — hill S2 W2 /hɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hyll ] 1 . an area …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOOT — I. boot 1 S2 W3 /buːt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1-3, 5-7: Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HILL — n. & v. --n. 1 a a naturally raised area of land, not as high as a mountain. b (as …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HILL — n. & v. n. 1 a a naturally raised area of land, not as high as a mountain. b (as …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HILL — n. & v. --n. 1. a a naturally raised area of land, not as high as a mountain. b (as …
Oxford English vocab
BOOT — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. an outer covering for the foot, esp. of leather, reaching above the ankle, often …
Oxford English vocab
HILL — ( hills) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A hill is an …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOOT — ( boots, booting, booted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Boots are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HILL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a steep hill ▪ The car careered down the steep hill. Capitol Hill crested...hill ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOOT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a computer starts up/boots up ▪ My computer takes ages to start up in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HILL — [noun] [C] - an area of land that is higher than the surrounding landHills are not as rocky or high …
Cambridge English vocab
HILL — n. Bunker Hill Battle of Hill David Octavius and Robert Adamson Hill James Jerome Hill Joe Hill painting
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HILL — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big , high , long , tall ▪ The bus sped down the long ~. ▪ little …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BOOT — I. noun 1 strong shoe ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ light , lightweight ▪ high , knee-length , thigh-high , thigh-length …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HILL — n. 25B6; noun the top of the hill : HIGH GROUND, prominence, hillock, foothill, hillside, rise, mound, mount, knoll, hummock, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BOOT — n. 25B6; noun muddy boots : GUMBOOT, wellington, wader, walking boot, riding boot, moon boot, thigh boot, ankle boot, pixie …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BOOT — < operating system > (from " bootstrap " or "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps") To load and initialise …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
HILL
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
HILL — n. 1 elevation, rise, highland, mound, prominence, promontory, eminence, knoll, hillock, hummock, height, foothill, tor, mount, upland, downs or downland, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BOOT — [techspeak; from `by one's bootstraps'] To load and initialize the operating system on a machine. This usage is no longer …
Jargon File English vocabulary
BOOT — verb (Science and Technology) transitive: To start up (a computer) by loading its operating system into the working memory; to …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
HILL — 1. сущ. 1) возвышение, возвышенность, холм to come down a hill ≈ спускаться по холму to go up a hill …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOOT
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HILL — hill.ogg 1. hıl n 1. 1> холм; возвышенность; пригорок sharp /steep/ hill - крутой холм; крутой подъём landing hill - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BOOT
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BOOT — 1) чехол; кожух; колпак 2) выступ в бетонной балке или плите ( для возведения облицовочной кладки ) 3) лоток водосточной …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BOOT — 1) чехол; кожух; колпак 2) выступ в бетонной балке или плите (для возведения облицовочной кладки) 3) лоток водосточной трубы 4) колпак трубы (в …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
BOOT — 1) кожух; чехол; колпак 2) (тормозной) башмак 3) воронка 4) сливной кран 5) экон. прибыль, доход 6) выгода, преимущество 7) авто багажник 8) обертка - ankle boot - elevator …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
HILL — hill сущ.1) возвышение, возвышенность, холм to come down a hill — спускаться по холму to go up a hill — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BOOT — boot I 1. сущ.1) предмет обуви, обычно закрывающий стопу выше щиколотки а) ботинок - put on boot - take off …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HILL — 1. [hıl] n 1. 1) холм; возвышенность; пригорок sharp /steep/ ~ - крутой холм; крутой подъём landing ~ - гора …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HILL — 1. hıl n 1. 1> холм; возвышенность; пригорок sharp /steep/ hill - крутой холм; крутой подъём landing hill - гора …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BOOT
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HILL — 1. сущ. 1) возвышение, возвышенность, холм to come down a hill — спускаться по холму to go up a hill …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BOOT — I 1. сущ. 1) а) мн. ботинки, сапоги walking boots брит. , hiking boots амер. — туристические ботинки - a …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HILL — 1. сущ. 1) возвышение, возвышенность, холм to come down a hill — спускаться по холму to go up a hill — подниматься по …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BOOT — I 1. сущ. 1) а) мн. ботинки, сапоги walking boots брит., hiking boots амер. — туристические ботинки - a pair of boots - boot-hook - bower boot - …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

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