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Word entry · 5 letters

thorn

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"Rose stem sticker"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /θɔːn/Part of speech nounSorted hnortStarts with TEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. something that causes irritation and annoyance

Word origin

From Middle English thorn, þorn, from Old English þorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

Used in a sentence

  • On the mountains a few junipers and piñons are found, and cactuses, agave, and yuccas, low, fleshy plants with bayonets and thorns.
  • the white thorn
  • the cockspur thorn

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