Word: thorn
Category: thorn
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Related words: thorn
rose thorn, the thorn, nautica thorn, nautica, thorn birds, paul thorn, bella thorn, thorn tree, the thorn birds, black thorn, colton thorn, jesse thorn, thorn birds movie, king of thorn, pete thorn, thorn bushes, thorn movie
Synonyms: thorn
companion, friend, colleague, associate, partner, coworker, workmate, pal, crony, mate, chum, buddy, dawg, peeps, familiar, fellow, brother
Translations: thorn
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spanish
Translations:
espina
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german
Translations:
stachel, dorn
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french
Translations:
piquant, broche, aiguillon, épine
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italian
Translations:
spino, spina, aculeo
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portuguese
Translations:
pico, esta, isto, este, espinho, estrepe
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dutch
Translations:
doorn, prikkel, stekel
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russian
Translations:
шип, торн
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norwegian
Translations:
pigg, torn
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swedish
Translations:
törne, tagg, torn
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finnish
Translations:
orjantappura, neulanen, piikki, orapihlaja, oka
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danish
Translations:
torn
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czech
Translations:
trn, bodlák, osten
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polish
Translations:
cierń, kolec
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turkish
Translations:
diken
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greek
Translations:
αγκάθι
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ukrainian
Translations:
шип, колючка
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albanian
Translations:
gjemb
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bulgarian
Translations:
шип
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estonian
Translations:
oga, okas
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croatian
Translations:
trn, bodlja
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latin
Translations:
spina
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latvian
Translations:
ērkšķis, adata, dzelonis
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romanian
Translations:
ghimpe, spin
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slovenian
Translations:
trn, trní
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slovak
Translations:
tŕň
The meaning and "use of": thorn
noun
- a stiff, sharp-pointed, straight or curved woody projection on the stem or other part of a plant. - Roses ramble over walls, branches stiff with thorns and laden with huge blossoms.
- a thorny bush, shrub, or tree, especially a hawthorn. - ‘They threw me over the back of a camel and told me they would kill me if I cried,’ he said, sitting quietly under a thorn tree on the outskirts of Turalei.
- an Old English and Icelandic runic letter, Þ or þ, representing the dental fricatives / T͟H / and / TH / . In English it was eventually superseded by the digraph th. - Similarly, thorn may represent either a voiceless or a voiced sound: compare the current use of the digraph th in three and these.
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