thistledown
/ˈθɪs(ə)ldaʊn/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈθɪs(ə)ldaʊn/
thistledown
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- 3 syllables
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this - tle - down -> thistledown
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
thistledown /'θÇsldaƱn/ n [U]
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- ‘It's fitting that thistledown, which provides Gilmore with an increasingly significant image over the years, should be the subject of one poem.’
- ‘You could, of course, write a thesis about Wodehouse but the endeavour would be like trying to preserve thistledown between sheet glass.’
- ‘My favourite plant, lavender, is something of a delicacy for goldfinches - when they've finished all the thistledown, that is.’
- ‘Like thistledown, she floats from one position to another, scarcely aware of him yet somehow connected, even dependent.’
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