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thorn

/θɔːn/

US pronunciation
American sound/θɔːn/
thorn
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Aw vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> thorn

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဆူး။ဆူးပင်။အခံရခက်စေသည့်အရာ။

Full entry

thorn /θↄ:n/ n

၁။ [C] (နှင်းဆီပင် စသည်၏)ဆူး။
၂။ [C,U] ဆူးချုံ။ a thorn hedge/ scrub ❍ hedges of thorn. See also BLACKTHORN, HAWTHORN
❏ a thorn in sb's flesh/ side [IDM ] (တစ်ဦးဦးအတွက်) ဆူးငြောင့်ခလုတ်။ He's been a thorn in my side ever since he joined this department.
❏ thorny adj (-ier,-iest )
၁။ ဆူးရှိသော။ a thorny bush/ twig.
၂။ ခဲကတ်သော။ a thorny problem/subject/ issue.

More examples
  • thorn /θↄ:n/ n ၁။ [C] (နှင်းဆီပင် စသည်၏)ဆူး။ ၂။ [C,U] ဆူးချုံ။ a thorn hedge/ scrub
Synonyms
prickle, barb, spike, spine, bramble, brier, bristle, nettle, point, splint, spur, thistle
Cross references
pricklebarbspikespinebramblebrierbristlenettlepointsplintspurthistlebeenbushdepartmenteverhedgeissuesidesincesubjectthis
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