How many syllables in Thorn
Word
Thorn
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
thorn
Definition
- n. - A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem;
usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
- n. - Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any
species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur
thorn.
- n. - Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything
troublesome; trouble; care.
- n. - The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was
used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then.
So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine.
- v. t. - To prick, as with a thorn.
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