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hartshorn

/ˈhɑːtshɔːn/

hartshorn noun: the antler of a hart, once used as a source of ammonia.

hartshorn: the antler of a hart, once used as a source of ammonia
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Noun

hartshorn (countable and uncountable, plural hartshorns)

  1. (countable) The antler of a hart, once used as a source of ammonia.
  2. (dated) An aqueous solution of ammonia; smelling salts.
    • Sophia, who had tottered along with much difficulty, sunk down in her chair; but by the assistance of hartshorn and water, she was prevented from fainting away...1749, Henry Fielding, chapter XIV, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV
    • Lady Teazle seeing Sir Peter in such Danger—ran out of the Room in strong Hysterics—and Charles after her calling out for Hartshorn and Water!1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, V.ii

Verb

hartshorn (third-person singular simple present hartshorns, present participle hartshorning, simple past and past participle hartshorned)

  1. (transitive) To revive with hartshorn smelling salts.
    • Accordingly, after a vast amount of moaning and crying up-stairs, and much damping of foreheads, and vinegaring of temples, and hartshorning of noses, and so forth […]1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 19.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC

Proper noun capitalized: Hartshorn

Hartshorn (plural Hartshorns)

  1. A surname.

hartshorn meaning in Kannada

hartshorn in Kannada

ಅಮೋನಿಯ ದ್ರಾವಣ

Forms of hartshorn

Noun
pluralhartshorns
Verb
third-person singular presenthartshorns
present participlehartshorning
past participlehartshorned
pasthartshorned
Proper noun
pluralHartshorns

Origin of hartshorn

From hart + -s- + horn.

Words formed from hartshorn

Phrases with hartshorn

Questions about hartshorn

What does hartshorn mean?
Hartshorn means the antler of a hart, once used as a source of ammonia.
What is hartshorn in Kannada?
Hartshorn in Kannada is ಅಮೋನಿಯ ದ್ರಾವಣ. See Hartshorn meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is hartshorn?
Hartshorn can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hartshorn?
Hartshorn is pronounced /ˈhɑːtshɔːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of hartshorn?
The plural of hartshorn is hartshorns.

Words near hartshorn in the dictionary

  1. Hartsells
  2. Hartses
  3. Hartsfield
  4. Hartsfields
  5. Hartshill
  6. hartshorn
  7. hartshorn salt
  8. hartshorn salts
  9. Hartshorne
  10. hartshorned
  11. Hartshornes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hartshorn (page history and authors); Hartshorn (page history and authors); hartshorn (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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