English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of thorn

thorn

/noun/ कांटा; कंटिया; पनस; ख़ार;

Synonym fork; barb; jack tree; salt marsh;

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English Dictionary:

1. Thorn

[n.]

- 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.

2. Thorn

[v. t.]

- To prick, as with a thorn.