Definition:
- (n.) A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
- (n.) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
- (n.) Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
- (n.) The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine.
- (v. t.) To prick, as with a thorn.
Compare thorn with other words:
thorn vs. thoro
thorn vs. thorp
thor vs. thorn
thon vs. thorn
horn vs. thorn
thorn vs. torn
shorn vs. thorn
blade vs. thorn
pin vs. thorn
thorn vs. thornless
barbellate vs. thorn
thorn vs. zeriba
spiniferous vs. thorn
thorn vs. throne
mobile vs. thorn
thorn vs. trichome
spike vs. thorn
content vs. thorn
prickle vs. thorn
briar vs. thorn
brier vs. thorn
blackthorn vs. thorn
thorn vs. topographic
pricker vs. thorn
thorn vs. unarmed
thorn vs. wynn
edh vs. thorn
pierce vs. thorn
thorn vs. thorny
fricative vs. thorn
dental vs. thorn
icelandic vs. thorn
annoy vs. thorn
prick vs. thorn
shrub vs. thorn
thorn vs. tree
spine vs. thorn