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Thorn Bre /θɔːn/Name /θɔːrn Noun 1 A Small Sharp Pointed Part

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Back BrE /θɔːn/NAmE /θɔːrn/

noun

1 a small sharp pointed part on the stem of some plants, such as roses

2 a tree or bush that has thorns see also blackthorn, hawthorn

3 (phonetics) the letter that was used in Old English and Icelandic to represent the sounds /θ/ and /ð/and later written as th

a thorn in sb's ˈflesh/ˈside a person or thing that repeatedly annoys sb or stops them from doing sth

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