As a noun acorn
is the fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
As a adjective acorned is
furnished or loaded with acorns.
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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
* (wikipedia)
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acorned English
Adjective
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Furnished or loaded with acorns
(rare) Fed or filled with acorns.
* William Shakespeare, , Act II, Scene V.
- Like a full-acorn'd boar, a German one, / Cried "O!" and mounted; found no opposition
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