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quirn

/kwɜː(ɹ)n/

quirn is the alternative spelling of quern.

Meaning of quern

Noun

quern (plural querns)

  1. A mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular stones.
    • She is shaking in ingredients from various small bottles and querns produced from the pockets of her robes, and from the drawer in the wooden table.1978, Robert Nye, Merlin

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Forms of quirn

pluralquirns

Words that rhyme with quirn

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Questions about quirn

What is quirn the alternative spelling of?
Quirn is the alternative spelling of quern.
How do you pronounce quirn?
Quirn is pronounced /kwɜː(ɹ)n/.

Words near quirn in the dictionary

  1. quirley
  2. quirleys
  3. quirling
  4. quirly
  5. quirlys
  6. quirn
  7. quirns
  8. Quiroa
  9. Quiroas
  10. Quiroces
  11. Quiroga

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: quirn (page history and authors); quern (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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