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hawthorny

hawthorny adjective: resembling hawthorns, hawthorn-like.

Adjective

hawthorny (comparative more hawthorny, superlative most hawthorny)

  1. Resembling hawthorns, hawthorn-like.
  2. Of, or pertaining to, hawthorns.
  3. Full of hawthorns.

Forms of hawthorny

comparativemore hawthorny
superlativemost hawthorny

Origin of hawthorny

From hawthorn + -y.

Questions about hawthorny

What does hawthorny mean?
Hawthorny means resembling hawthorns, hawthorn-like.
What part of speech is hawthorny?
Hawthorny is an adjective.

Words near hawthorny in the dictionary

  1. Hawthornean
  2. hawthorned
  3. hawthorneite
  4. Hawthornian
  5. hawthorns
  6. hawthorny
  7. Hawtrey
  8. Hawtreys
  9. hawts
  10. Hawver
  11. Hawvers

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