wattle

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈwɒtəl/, SAMPA: /"wQt@l/
• (US) enPR: wätʹəl, IPA: /ˈwɒtəl/, SAMPA: /"wQt@l/
• Rhymes: -ɒtəl

• Homophones: what'll (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

[edit] Noun

wattle (plural wattles)

1. A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof
2. A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards
3. A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat
4. Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person
5. Any of several Australian trees of the Genus Acacia

[edit] Derived terms

• wattle and daub

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to wattle (third-person singular simple present wattles, present participle wattling, simple past and past participle wattled)

1. (transitive) To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles