acorn
[ ey-kawrn, ey-kern ]
/ ˈeɪ kɔrn, ˈeɪ kərn /
noun
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
a finial or knop, as on a piece of furniture, in the form of an acorn.
Origin of acorn
before 1000; Middle English
acorne (influenced by
corn1), replacing
akern, Old English
æcern, æcren mast, oak-mast; cognate with Old Norse
akarn fruit of wild trees, Middle High German
ackeran acorn, Gothic
akran fruit, yield < Germanic
*akrana-; alleged derivation from base of
acre is dubious if original reference was to wild trees
OTHER WORDS FROM acorn
a·corned, adjectiveWords nearby acorn
acoma,
aconcagua,
aconite,
aconitine,
acorea,
acorn,
acorn barnacle,
acorn chair,
acorn clock,
acorn spoon,
acorn squash
Example sentences from the Web for acorn
British Dictionary definitions for acorn
acorn
/ (ˈeɪkɔːn) /
noun
the fruit of an oak tree, consisting of a smooth thick-walled nut in a woody scaly cuplike base
Word Origin for acorn
C16: a variant (through influence of
corn) of Old English
æcern the fruit of a tree, acorn; related to Gothic
akran fruit, yield