Stachel — meaning in English

English meaning

• prickle noun A small sharp point on something, often a plant, such as a thorn.
• prickly adj Covered with small sharp points or thorns.
• quill noun The hollow central shaft of a bird's feather.
• spike noun A large, pointed piece of metal, or anything shaped like one.
• spine noun The column of bones running down the back, from the head down to the tail or pelvis, that protects the spinal cord and holds up the chest and abdomen.
• stinger noun The pointed body part an insect or animal uses to sting.

Senses

Stachel is used for these senses in English:

• prickle A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn.
• prickly Covered with sharp points.
• quill A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog as a defense against predators. [from early 17th c.]
• spike (by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
• 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.
• stinger A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.

prickle — full definition

1. noun A small sharp point on something, often a plant, such as a thorn.
2. noun A sharp, hard outgrowth from the outer layers (cortex and epidermis) of certain plants, for example roses, which is not the same thing as a thorn.
3. noun A slight stinging or tingling feeling on the skin.
4. noun A basket woven from willow.

prickly — full definition

1. adj Covered with small sharp points or thorns.
2. adj Easily irritated or quick to take offense; touchy.

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