fruit or seed of the oak tree
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Acorn Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Acorn Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
(n.)
See Acorn-shell.
See Acorn-shell.
(n.)
A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
acorn
\a"corn\ (&?;), n. [as. ?cern, fr. ?cer field, acre; akin to d. aker acorn, ger. ecker, icel. akarn, dan. agern, goth. akran fruit, akrs field; -- orig. fruit of the field. see acre.]
1. the fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
2. (naut.) a cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
3. (zo?l.) see acorn-shell.
acorn
n : fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
similar words(6)
acorn-shell
acorn cup
acorn barnacle
acorn archimedes
acorn risc machine
acorn sugar
Meaning
Great things start with small beginnings.
Origin
The word acorn doesn't come from 'oak' and 'corn', as is popularly supposed, but from the Old English 'aecern', meaning berry or fruit. The tree genus Acer comes from the same root.
© 2004 The Phrase Finder. Take a look at Phrase Finder’s sister site, the Phrases Thesaurus, a subscription service for professional writers & language lovers.Great things start with small beginnings.
Origin
The word acorn doesn't come from 'oak' and 'corn', as is popularly supposed, but from the Old English 'aecern', meaning berry or fruit. The tree genus Acer comes from the same root.
that little bell end from which tall oaks grow... when you get wood
to ride a horse foaled by an acorn, is to be hanged on the gallows
Noun
1. fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
(hypernym) fruit
(part-holonym) oak, oak tree
(part-meronym) cupule, acorn cup
Acorn Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
a classification of residential neighbourhood - a geodemographic database of residential locality types (see RMD -research link).
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Acorn Products, Inc.
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Manufactures and markets non-power lawn and garden tools, including forks, hoes, rakes, shovels, snow tools, posthole diggers, wheelbarrows, striking tools and cutting tools.
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Manufactures and markets non-power lawn and garden tools, including forks, hoes, rakes, shovels, snow tools, posthole diggers, wheelbarrows, striking tools and cutting tools.
Acorn Holding Corp.
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Holding company with subsidiary which manufactures two, three and four-inch monocrystalline silicon wafers, which are made from silicon crystals and are the basic substrate from which integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices are fabricated.
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Holding company with subsidiary which manufactures two, three and four-inch monocrystalline silicon wafers, which are made from silicon crystals and are the basic substrate from which integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices are fabricated.
Acorn Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Seeing acorns in dreams, is portent of pleasant things ahead, and much gain is to be expected.
To pick them from the ground, foretells success after weary labors.
For a woman to eat them, denotes that she will rise from a station of labor to a position of ease and pleasure.
To shake them from the trees, denotes that you will rapidly attain your wishes in business or love.
To see green-growing acorns, or to see them scattered over the ground, affairs will change for the better. Decayed or blasted acorns have import of disappointments and reverses.
To pull them green from the trees, you will injure your interests by haste and indiscretion.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectTo pick them from the ground, foretells success after weary labors.
For a woman to eat them, denotes that she will rise from a station of labor to a position of ease and pleasure.
To shake them from the trees, denotes that you will rapidly attain your wishes in business or love.
To see green-growing acorns, or to see them scattered over the ground, affairs will change for the better. Decayed or blasted acorns have import of disappointments and reverses.
To pull them green from the trees, you will injure your interests by haste and indiscretion.
The greatest achievements were at first and for a time dreams. The oak sleeps in the acorn.
Acorn Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Acorn Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The acorn, or oak nut, is the nut of the oaks and their close relatives (genera Quercus and Lithocarpus, in the family Fagaceae). It usually contains a single seed (rarely two seeds), enclosed in a tough, leathery shell, and borne in a cup-shaped cupule. Acorns vary from 1–6 cm long and 0.8–4 cm broad. Acorns take between about 6 and 24 months (depending on the species) to mature; see List of Quercus species for details of oak classification, in which acorn morphology and phenology are important factors.
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An acorn is a type of nut.
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