quorn
/k(w)ɔɹn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A famous fox hunt (one of the world's oldest, established in 1696) in Leicestershire.
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A village and civil parish (formerly Quorndon) in Charnwood district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5616).
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A mycoprotein-based food product used as a substitute for meat.
Example Sentences
- "The House of More has a pretty Georgian paneling through most of the rooms, but in the dining room the walls are level and painted a dull stone color. […] Some photographs of the Quorn hung over the mantelpiece, and five or six drab ancestors filled up the remaining space."
- "I've never hunted myself, but I understand that half the battle is being able to make noises like some jungle animal with dyspepsia, and I believe that Aunt Dahlia in her prime could lift fellow-members of the Quorn and Pytchley out of their saddles with a single yip, though separated from them by two ploughed fields and a spinney."
- "It is now easier for a vegetarian to eat sufficient protein because of products such as Quorn, tofu and textured vegetable protein."
- "April brings the main course: a medley of asparagus tips, shiitake mushrooms, and the featured ingredient, an unlikely hybrid of life-giving wholesomeness and bio-industrial hubris known as Quorn."
- "For a vegetarian option, use Quorn pieces instead of prawns."
- "I opted for the vegan breakfast (£4.57), which comes with two Quorn sausages, baked beans, two hash browns, mushroom, tomato, a slice of toast and a vegan spread."
Etymology
Shortened from earlier Quorndon, from Old English cweorndun, from cweorn (“millstone; quern”) + dun (“hill”). The fox hunt, the meat substitute and the town in Australia are named after the village in Leicestershire.
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: cweorndun
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /k(w)ɔɹn/
- British English: /kwɔːn/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.