acorn

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English æcern, from æcer (“‘field, acre’”); akin to Dutch aker acorn, German ecker, Icelandic akarn, Danish agern, Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 (akran) "fruit", 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐍃 (akrs) "field"; — originally "fruit of the field". See acre

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[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

acorn (plural acorns)

1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
2. (nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
3. (zoology) See acorn-shell.

[edit] Derived terms

• acorn cup
• acorn nut
• acorn squash
• ride a horse foaled by an acorn

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[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of acnor
• caron
• Coran
• narco
• racon