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fadharcán — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • corn noun A tall cereal plant grown for its large yellow kernels, called maize outside North America.
  • knot noun A fastening made by looping and tightening a piece of string, rope, or similar material.
  • protuberance noun A bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes.

Senses

fadharcán is used for these senses in English:

  • corn A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
  • knot The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
  • protuberance A bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes.

corn — full definition

  1. noun A tall cereal plant grown for its large yellow kernels, called maize outside North America.
  2. noun In British English, the main cereal grain grown in a particular region (such as wheat).
  3. noun A small, hard patch of thickened skin, usually on the foot, caused by friction.
  4. noun Something considered old-fashioned, sentimental, or cheesy, especially in entertainment.
  5. verb To preserve meat in a coarse salt brine.

knot — full definition

  1. noun A fastening made by looping and tightening a piece of string, rope, or similar material.
  2. noun A hard, tight lump in a muscle, or a tangled clump of hair.
  3. noun A unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, used for ships and aircraft.
  4. verb To tie something into a knot.

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