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antler Definition

ant·ler (antlər)

noun

  1. the branched, annually shed, bony growth on the head of any animal of the deer family
  2. any branch of such a growth

Etymology: ME aunteler < OFr antoillier < ?

antler Related Forms
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

  • stag: Each dancer carries the skull and antlers of a reindeer stag on a stick, three painted white and three painted red or black.
  • deer: Suddenly he noticed a cross with the image of Jesus between the antlers of the deer.