Acorn vs Aborn - What's the difference?
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As a noun acorn is the fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule. As an adjective aborn is born, begotten, created, developed. As a verb aborn is .
acorn English
Noun
( en noun)
The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
(zoology) See acorn-shell .
(slang, usually in plural) A testicle.
Derived terms
* acorn cup
* acorn nut
* acorn squash
* eggcorn
* ride a horse foaled by an acorn
Holonyms
* (fruit of an oak) oak
See also
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aborn English
Adjective
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born, begotten, created, developed
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Verb
(head)
Related terms
* aborning
* born
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