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Wattle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Wattle has 3 senses
- wattle(n = noun.body) lappet - a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards; Array is a kind of caruncle, caruncula
- wattle(n = noun.artifact) Array - framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence; Array is a kind of framework
- wattle(n = noun.plant) Array - any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle; Array is a kind of acacia
Derived forms verb wattle2, verb wattle1
has particulars: acacia auriculiformis, black wattle, acacia cambegei, gidgee, stinking wattle, acacia dealbata, mimosa, silver wattle, acacia pycnantha, golden wattle
Verb Wattle has 2 senses
- wattle(v = verb.creation) Array - build of or with wattle; Array is one way to build, construct, make
- wattle(v = verb.contact) Array - interlace to form wattle; Array is one way to enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine
Derived form noun wattle2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun wattle2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
Wattle, n. [AS. watel, watul, watol, hurdle, covering, wattle; cf. OE. watel a bag. Cf. Wallet.].
- A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods. [1913 Webster]"And there he built with wattles from the marsh
A little lonely church in days of yore." [1913 Webster] - A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch. [1913 Webster]
- A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile. [1913 Webster]
- The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus
Acacia , used in tanning; -- called alsowattle bark . [1913 Webster] - Material consisting of wattled twigs, withes, etc., used for walls, fences, and the like. Frances Macnab. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- In Australasia, any tree of the genus
Acacia ; -- so called from the wattles, or hurdles, which the early settlers made of the long, pliable branches or of the split stems of the slender species. The bark of such trees is also called wattle. See alsoSavanna wattle , under Savanna. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Wattle, v. t.
- To bind with twigs. [1913 Webster]
- To twist or interweave, one with another, as twigs; to form a network with; to plat; as, to wattle branches. [1913 Webster]
- To form, by interweaving or platting twigs. [1913 Webster]"The folded flocks, penned in their wattled cotes." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Wattle, n. & v.
--n.
1 a interlaced rods and split rods as a material for making fences, walls, etc. b (in sing. or pl.) rods and twigs for this use.
2 an Australian acacia with long pliant branches, with bark used in tanning and golden flowers used as the national emblem.
3 dial. a wicker hurdle.
--v.tr.
1 make of wattle.
2 enclose or fill up with wattles.
--n.
1 a interlaced rods and split rods as a material for making fences, walls, etc. b (in sing. or pl.) rods and twigs for this use.
2 an Australian acacia with long pliant branches, with bark used in tanning and golden flowers used as the national emblem.
3 dial. a wicker hurdle.
--v.tr.
1 make of wattle.
2 enclose or fill up with wattles.
Idiom
wattle and daub a network of rods and twigs plastered with mud or clay as a building material.
Wattle, n.
1 a loose fleshy appendage on the head or throat of a turkey or other birds.
2 = BARB n. 3.
1 a loose fleshy appendage on the head or throat of a turkey or other birds.
2 = BARB n. 3.
Derivative
wattled adj.
Etymology
16th c.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
Wattle
arabesque, basketry, basketwork, braid, cancellation, cross-hatching, crossing-out, enlace, entwine, filigree, fret, fretwork, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, interknit, interlace, interlacement, intertexture, intertie, intertissue, intertwine, intertwinement, intertwist, interweave, intort, knit, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, loom, loop, mat, mesh, meshes, meshwork, net, netting, network, noose, plait, pleach, plexure, plexus, raddle, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, sieve, splice, texture, tissue, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, twill, twine, twist, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork, wreatheROGET THESAURUS
Wattle
Crossing
N crossing, intersection, interdigitation, decussation, transversion, convolution, level crossing, reticulation, network, inosculation, anastomosis, intertexture, mortise, net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace, wicker, mat, matting, plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle, tissue, netting, mokes, rivulation, cross, chain, wreath, braid, cat's cradle, knot, entangle, cloth, linen, muslin, cambric, crossing, crossed, matted, v, transverse, cross, cruciform, crucial, retiform, reticular, reticulated, areolar, cancellated, grated, barred, streaked, textile, crossbarred, cruciate, palmiped, secant, web-footed, cross, thwart, athwart, transversely, at grade, crosswise.
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