Thorn is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for THORN in dictionary:

VERB:
• to prick with a sharp projection on a plant
• To prick, as with a thorn.
• jag or prick (something) as if with a thorn
NOUN:
• prickle on a plant
• A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
• Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
• Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
• The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine.
• something that causes irritation and annoyance
• a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
• a Germanic character of runic origin
• a stiff, sharp-pointed, straight or curved woody projection on the stem or other part of a plant.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to prick with a thorn (a sharp, rigid projection on a plant)

Words related to THORN

doorn6 thorned11 thorning12 thornless12 thornlike16 thorns9

Words that contain THORN

thorns9 thorny12 althorn10 bethorn12 thorned11 althorns11 bethorns13 boxthorn20 hawthorn17 lanthorn11 thornier11 thornily14 thorning12 thornset11 bethorned15 boxthorns21 buckthorn20 firethorn15 hawthorns18 hawthorny21 lanthorns12 shorthorn15 sloethorn12 thornback20 thornbill14 thornbird15 thornbush17 thorniest12 thornless12 thornlike16 thorntree12 thorntail12 bethorning16 blackthorn21 buckthorns21 firethorns16 quickthorn28 shorthorns16 sloethorns13 thornbacks21 thornbills15 thornbirds16 thornhedge18 thorniness13 thornproof18 thorntrees13 whitethorn19 thornapple17 thorntails13 blackthorns22 quickthorns29 thornbushes19 thornhedges19 thornproofs19 whitethorns20 thornapples18 hawthornier20 thorninesses15 hawthorniest21

How to use THORN in a sentence

• This species must not be confused with a variety of our common Thorn bearing a similar name.
• They knew the dangers of the native paths that wound their way through the thorn bush, and gave such opportunities for ambush to the lurking patrol.
• When they were fifty yards off Thorn threw up his gun and two pale flashes leaped out.
• The ice on the tarn was covered, so that skating was impossible, and Thorn, feeling the need for amusement, had a few sledges made.
• Anyhow, she did not mean to let go, and tried to catch the snow with her toes in an effort to help Thorn to steer the sledge.
• When Grace got up and shook herself, fifty yards lower down, she saw Thorn standing by the righted sledge.
• Grace, in all probability, had forgotten their friendship and married Thorn.
• After a time she heard a dog bark and, stopping by an open gate, saw Kit swinging a scythe where an old thorn hedge threw its shadow on a field of corn.
• He walked down along the banks of the little stream that ran past it, until he reached a thorn bush that grew within a few yards of the spring.
• Arose out of my observing on the ridge of Quantock Hill, on a stormy day, a thorn, which I had often past in calm and bright weather without noticing it.
• On the north an Annamite Prince founded the kingdom of Dai-coviet, which became a thorn in the side of Champa.
• Break forth this morn In roses, thou but yesterday a Thorn.
• As in the case of Modyford and Lynch, so with Lord Vaughan, the thorn in his side was the French colony on Hispaniola and Tortuga.
• The old legend relates that as he sat one evening at his monastery gate, a lion approached, holding up a paw which was pierced with a thorn.
• Paul, and gave him as the emblem of his authority a sword in the hilt of which was fixed a thorn of gold.
• It is also known as Waythorn, Rainberry Thorn, Highway Thorn and Rhineberries.
• The white thorn fences were new, trim, and straight, occupying as little space as possible.
• Lo! there, on the farther side of the thorn fence, looking large in the grey mist, stood the lad Umslopogaas, laughing.
• That which he had so often caused other eyes to see, the Red Axe of Thorn was now to see for himself.
• The next day was one of great quietness in the city of Thorn.
• Would that you and I might see His face with the thorn marks of His trip to this earth.
• As the prince came to the hedge of thorn bushes, it was in full bloom and covered with beautiful red flowers.
• The Smith School was evidently a severe thorn in the flesh of this man.
• Ere half of the road to the river was shorn The sunbeam smote the twisted thorn.
• This old thorn of the tariff, which was the cause of so much irritation in the old body politic, is removed forever from the new.

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