Wattle definition
(botany) Any of various Australian trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
noun
To construct from wattle.
verb
A sort of woven work made of sticks intertwined with twigs or branches, used for walls, fences, and roofs.
noun
Rods or poles used as the support of a thatched roof.
noun
To weave into wattle.
verb
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A fleshy, wrinkled, often brightly colored piece of skin which hangs from the chin or throat of certain birds, as the turkey, or of some lizards.
noun
To twist or intertwine (sticks, twigs, branches, etc.) so as to form an interwoven structure or fabric.
verb
A fleshy, wrinkled, often brightly colored fold of skin usually hanging from the neck or throat, characteristic of certain birds, such as chickens or turkeys, and some lizards.
noun
(austral.) Any of various acacias: the flexible branches were much used by early settlers for making wattles.
noun
A barbel of a fish.
noun
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A fold or pouch of flesh hanging from the neck or lower part of the jaw.
noun
Made of or roofed with wattle or wattles.
adjective
To construct (a fence) by intertwining sticks or twigs.
verb
To build of, or roof, fence, etc. with, wattle.
verb
A construction of poles intertwined with twigs, reeds, or branches, used for walls, fences, and roofs.
noun
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Material used for such construction.
noun
A stick, rod, twig, or wand.
noun
A hurdle or framework made of sticks, rods, etc.
noun
A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
noun
Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
wattle
Plural:
wattlesOrigin of wattle
- Middle English wattel from Old English watel N., sense 2, short for wattle-tree from their use in wattle construction
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Early Modern English of unknown origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition