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Thorn

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Noun

1. irritant, thorn

something that causes irritation and annoyance

Example Sentences:
'he's a thorn in my flesh'

2. pricker, prickle, spikelet, spine, sticker, thorn

a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

3. thorn

a Germanic character of runic origin

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Thorn

see synonyms of thorn
noun
1. 
a sharp pointed woody extension of a stem or leaf
Compare prickle (sense 1)
2. 
a. 
any of various trees or shrubs having thorns, esp the hawthorn
b. 
the wood of any of these plants
3.  short for thorn moth
4. 
a Germanic character of runic origin Þ used in Old and Modern Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative sound of th, as in thin, bath. Its use in phonetics for the same purpose is now obsolete
theta
5. 
this same character as used in Old and Middle English as an alternative to edh, but indistinguishable from it in function or sound
Compare edh
6. zoology
any of various sharp spiny parts
7. 
a source of irritation (esp in the phrases a thorn in one's side or flesh)
noun
the German name for Toruń

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Thorn

see synonyms of thorn
noun
1. 
a. 
a very short, hard, leafless branch or stem with a sharp point
b. 
any small tree or shrub bearing thorns, as a hawthorn
c. 
the wood of any of these trees
d. 
prickle
2. 
a sharp, pointed protuberance on an animal; spine
3. 
anything that keeps troubling, vexing, or irritating one, like a constantly pricking thorn
: usually in the phrase thorn in one's side (or flesh)
4. 
a rune in the Old English and Old Norse alphabets (þ), used to represent the voiced or voiceless apicodental fricative
in Middle English orthography it was gradually replaced by th

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Thorn

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n.
1. Botany
a. A modified branch in the form of a sharp woody structure.
b. Any of various other sharp protuberances, such as a spine.
c. Any of various shrubs, trees, or woody plants bearing such sharp structures.
2. Any of various sharp protuberances on an animal.
3. One that causes sharp pain, irritation, or discomfort: He is a thorn in my side.
4. The runic letter þ, used in Old English, Middle English, and Old Norse manuscripts to represent both the voiceless sound (th) of Modern English thin and the voiced sound (th) of Modern English this, and in modern Icelandic orthography to represent the voiceless sound (th).

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