acorn
acorn
Definition
acorn (ā′kôrn′)
noun
the fruit of the oak tree; an oak nut
Etymology: ME akorn < OE æcern, nut, mast of trees; akin to Goth akran, ON akarn < IE base *əg-, to grow, fruit: form infl. by assoc. with OE ac, oak + corn, grain
acorn
Usage Examples
Possessives
- species: Measurement of the size of each species ' acorns suggests that a plant's seed size may control the geographic range of the plant.
Converse of object
- bury: Fun Fact The Jay buries acorns in the ground, stored away for a future meal.
- eat: They had also heard that deceased had been eating acorns.
- collect: You need to help scrat to collect acorns first off to survive the winter.
- fall: Delightful wooded site with falling acorns to ensure we stayed awake!
- plant: If we plant an acorn in the ground, an oak tree will grow.
- produce: The autumn crop of acorns produced in oak woodland was used to feed pigs.
Adjective modifier
- tiny: A tiny acorn of an idea grew rapidly into a massive oak.
- little: TOP OF PAGE Click here for the first story " Radar from little acorns "
- small: In the words of the old English proverb, From small acorns great oaks do grow.
- many: Some years there are many more acorns than others.
- local: From local acorns... Can local sustainability projects really make much of a difference?
- other: I've added links to 2 of my other Acorn orientated pages, take a look, they're well worth a visit!
Modifies a noun
- barnacle: The shape of the plates, vary between acorn barnacle species so providing a good means of identification.
- emulator: The acorn Emulator page... at my homepage, for loads of free acorn software.
- announcement: Also if you have an Acorn related announcements mailing list, feel free to subscribe ans@acornusers.org.
- emulation: Acorn Emulation Latest News Details of all previous updates, can be viewed online - recommended reading.
- arcade: Acorn Arcade launched the writing career of Alisdair Bailey, who would subsequently go on to join the Computer Shopper labs team.
- nut: I also had trouble with the six acorn nuts used to hold the camshaft covers in place.
Preposition: in
- ground: In the afternoon the children went on a hunt for acorns in the grounds.
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