antler
antler
Definition
ant·ler (ant′lər)
noun
- the branched, annually shed, bony growth on the head of any animal of the deer family
- any branch of such a growth
Etymology: ME aunteler < OFr antoillier < ?
ant′·lered adjective
antler
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- shed: If I find shed antlers can I collect them?
- grow: These new channels had restored the supply to the growing antler.
- have: On page 194, Mr Dempster has an antler growing out of his ass.
- work: Conclusions about daily life can be based only on such isolated finds as a piece of worked deer antler from the Thames at Hammersmith.
- use: All antler used for crafting pendants is naturally cast - no animals have been harmed.
Adjective modifier
- red: To drive down a Sussex valley With the red antlers to be seen at the rear.
- large: Deer who live in forests have larger antlers than those who live on moor land.
- huge: In wide open fields we saw a herd of deer some with huge antlers.
Modifies a noun
- pick: The first act of the rite was to dig a large, deep burial chamber using antler picks.
- growth: He illustrated his talk with a program on antler growth in deer.
- piece: One can safely assume that bone and antler pieces displaying this from of imagery was not mere idle graffiti.
- bone: Bone in general is very tough, particularly antler bone, and bird bone is very stiff, yet birds still manage to fly.
- tool: Bone and antler tools and wooden utensils were all discovered in the layers above the sandy floor.
Noun used with modifier
- reindeer: Hundreds of pairs of reindeer antlers were also found, dating from 8000 years ago.
- deer: A ditch about 2m deep was dug, with picks made of deer antlers.
- stag: He appears as a great man with stag antlers crowning his head, sometimes leading a pack of spectral hounds.
Possessives
- stag: The red arrow, between the stag's antlers, alludes to the famous tradition of William Rufus ' death.
Preposition: of
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