acorn

CEFRC2

/ˈeɪ.kɔɹn/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The small nut produced by an oak tree.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.

Examples

  • Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.

  • From a small acorn grows a tall oak tree.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

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5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. See acorn-shell.

  2. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.

  3. The glans penis.

More examples

In context

  • The Romans, likewise, represented the uncouth Priapus—the god of rustic fertility and sexual assault—as comically well endowed, with his acorn showing.

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Origin

noun

Cognate with Scots aicorn (“acorn”), Dutch aker (“acorn”), German Ecker (“acorn”), Danish agern (“acorn”), Faroese and Icelandic akarn (“acorn”), Norwegian Nynorsk åkorn (“acorn”), Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 (akran, “fruit”); Irish airne (“sloe”), Welsh aeron (“berries; small fruits”), eirin (“plums”), Latgalian ūga (“berry”), Latvian oga (“berry”), Lithuanian uoga (“berry”), Belarusian я́гада (jáhada, “berry”), Bulgarian, Russian, and Ukrainian я́года (jáhoda, “berry”), Czech and Slovak jahoda (“strawberry”), Macedonian ја́года (jágoda, “strawberry”), Polish and Slovene jagoda (“berry”), Serbo-Croatian ја̏года, jȁgoda (“strawberry”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B oko (“fruit”). Not related to Old Eng...