Dorn — meaning in English
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English meaning
- arbor noun A shaded garden structure covered with climbing plants, used as a place to sit.
- bolt noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
- mandrel noun A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
- prickle noun A sharp and often small point, especially that of a plant; a thorn.
- prong noun A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
- spine noun A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen.
- thorn noun A sharp, hard, pointed growth on a plant stem or branch.
- tine noun A pointed prong, such as one of the points of a fork or a comb tooth.
Senses
Dorn is used for these senses in English:
- arbor An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.
- bolt A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- mandrel A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
- mandrel A tool or component of a tool that guides, grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.
- prickle A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn.
- prong A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine.
- spine (zootomy, botany, mycology) A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, mushroom or plant. The botanical term technically refers to such a structure derived from a leaf or part of a leaf.
- thorn (botany) A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
arbor — full definition
- noun A shaded garden structure covered with climbing plants, used as a place to sit.
- noun A rotating shaft or spindle in a machine, such as a lathe, that supports a moving part.
bolt — full definition
- noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
- noun A sliding bar used to lock a door.
- noun A flash of lightning.
- verb To run away suddenly, or move very fast.
- verb To fasten something with a bolt, or to lock a door with a bolt.