hawthorn
Syllables: Haw·thornUK/ˈhɔː.θɔːn//ˈhɔ.θɔɹn/
hawthorn noun: any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches.
Noun
hawthorn (countable and uncountable, plural hawthorns)
- Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches
- Proust, an author to whom Humboldt had introduced me and in whose work he gave me heavy instruction, said he was often attracted to people whose faces had something in them of a hawthorn hedge in bloom.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 59
- In fact, a railway lined with hedgerows and shrubs would be perfect for reliability and biodiversity. Hawthorn, for example, can take a good cut and grow back strongly, while still providing shelter for creatures and acting as a natural fence line. Even palisade fencing can be climbed by a...2025 October 1, Dr Neil Strong, “Managing linesides”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 15
- Synonyms:
- albaspine, may, maythorn, may tree, quickthorn, whitethorn
Proper noun capitalized: Hawthorn
Hawthorn (countable and uncountable, plural Hawthorns)
- A surname.
- An inner suburb of Melbourne in the City of Boroondara, Victoria, Australia.
- A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham, South Australia.
- A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4145).
- A hamlet in Four Marks parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6733).
- A suburban area in Pontypridd community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0987).
- A borough in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States.
hawthorn meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Kannada
hawthorn in Hindi
- हौथॉर्न
hawthorn in Tamil
- கோதோண்
hawthorn in Marathi
- हॉथॉर्न
hawthorn in Kannada
- ಹಾಥಾರನ್, ಹಾಥಾರನ್ ಹಣ್ಣು
More languagesFewer languages
- hawthorn in Arabic
- زُعْرُور zuʕrūr, زَعْرُور zaʕrūr
- hawthorn in Persian
- نلک nelk
- hawthorn in Thai
- ซานจา
- hawthorn in Vietnamese
- sơn tra
Examples of hawthorn in a sentence
- Beyond the stile stands an attractive row of riverside trees – alder, hazel, beech, hawthorn and ash.
- Hawthorns marked moots, or assemblies to decide issues of local importance and manorial courts.
- Blackthorn is a relative of hawthorn but flowers earlier, before it produces foliage.
Synonyms of hawthorn
Forms of hawthorn
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hawthorns |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Hawthorns |
Origin of hawthorn
From Middle English hawthorn, from Old English hagaþorn, hæguþorn, from Proto-West Germanic *haguþorn; equivalent to haw (“hedge, enclosure”) + thorn.
Compound of haw (“hedge”) + thorn.
Words formed from hawthorn
- Alabama hawthorn
- black hawthorn
- Chinese hawthorn
- cockspur hawthorn
- common hawthorn
- downy hawthorn
- English hawthorn
- glossy hawthorn
- green hawthorn
- hawthorn berry
- hawthorn fly
- hawthorn maple
- hawthorn rust
- hawthorn shield bug
- hawthorn tree
- hawthorny
- Hong Kong hawthorn
- India hawthorn
- Indian hawthorn
- Japanese hawthorn
- May hawthorn
- Mexican hawthorn
- Midland hawthorn
- Mississippi hawthorn
- mountain hawthorn
- one-seed hawthorn
- oriental hawthorn
- parsley hawthorn
- parsley-leaved hawthorn
- pear hawthorn
- plumleaf hawthorn
- red hawthorn
- single-seed hawthorn
- Washington hawthorn
- water hawthorn
- woodland hawthorn
- yeddo hawthorn
- Hawthorn East
Phrases with hawthorn
Words that rhyme with hawthorn
Questions about hawthorn
- What does hawthorn mean?
- Hawthorn means any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches.
- What is hawthorn in Hindi?
- Hawthorn in Hindi is हौथॉर्न. See Hawthorn meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hawthorn?
- Hawthorn can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hawthorn?
- Hawthorn is pronounced /ˈhɔː.θɔːn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hawthorn?
- The plural of hawthorn is hawthorns.
Words near hawthorn in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hawthorn (page history and authors); Hawthorn (page history and authors); hawthorn (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hawthorn (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hawthorn (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hawthorn (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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