tähkä — meaning in English

English meaning

• crop noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
• ear noun The organ used for hearing, including the visible outer part and the internal structures that detect sound.
• head noun The part of the body containing the brain, eyes, and mouth.
• spike noun A large, pointed piece of metal, or anything shaped like one.

Senses

tähkä is used for these senses in English:

• crop (archaic, or, dialect) The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree.
• ear (countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.
• foxtail A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses.
• head An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.

crop — full definition

1. noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
2. noun A short whip used in horse riding.
3. verb To trim or cut something short, or to remove the outer edges of a photograph.

ear — full definition

1. noun The organ used for hearing, including the visible outer part and the internal structures that detect sound.
2. noun A natural talent or trained sense for recognising sound, especially in music or language.
3. noun Willing attention; the state of being listened to.
4. noun The seed-bearing head of a cereal plant such as wheat or corn.

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