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Gerstenkorn — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • barleycorn noun A grain of barley.
  • stye noun A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.

Senses

Gerstenkorn is used for these senses in English:

  • barleycorn (agriculture) A grain of barley.
  • stye (disease) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.

barleycorn — full definition

  1. noun A grain of barley.
  2. noun The length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one quarter) of an inch or eight millimetres, still used as a basis for shoe sizes.
  3. noun A small groove between two moldings.

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