Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thorn tree

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: thorn tree
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any tree with thorn-like leaves, especially the acacia.

Example Sentences

"They then came together to hear the preaching of the Gospel; but I postponed it till the evening, because I was then exceedingly wearied. The captain shewed me a large old thorn tree for a lodging."
"Thirty feet below her, where the Persians were crashing through the brush, the streambed kinked to the left side of the ravine and ran under an enormous thorn tree with a thick base."
"I WOULD HAVE been nine or ten when my mother chased me up a thorn tree with a ceremonial hippo-hide whip. What my crime was, I forget. My mother was, and remains, a woman of exceptional forbearance. I must have done something so obnoxious as to beggar belief."

Etymology

From Middle English thornetre; equivalent to thorn + tree.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: thornetre

Inflected Forms

thorn trees (plural) thorn-tree (alternative)

Questions

What does thorn tree mean?: Any tree with thorn-like leaves, especially the acacia.
Where does thorn tree come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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