thorn

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Synonyms: horn, thort, torn, thor, shorn, thorp, thon, thoron, thoro, thora, thors

Antonyms: horn, thort, torn, thor, shorn, thorp, thon, thoron, thoro, thora, thors

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|botany}} A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
2. Any thorn-like structure on plants, such as the [[spine]] and the [[prickle]].
3. Any [[shrub]] or small [[tree]] that bears [[thorn]]s, especially a [[hawthorn]].
4. {{lb|en|figurative}} That which [[prick]]s or [[annoy]]s; anything troublesome.
5. A letter of [[Latin script]] (''capital:'' '''[[Þ]]''', ''small:'' '''[[þ]]'''), borrowed from the [[futhark]]; today used only in Icelandic to represent the {{w|voiceless dental fricative}}, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including [[Old English]] where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written ''th'' (Old English did not have [[phonemic]] [[voicing]] distinctions for [[fricative]]s).

Verb

1. To [[pierce]] with, or as if with, a [[#Noun|thorn]] (sharp pointed object).

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en|[[topographic]]|from=Middle English}} for someone living near a [[thorn]] bush.
2. A [[place name]]:

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