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thorn clusters

thorn clusters is the plural of thorn cluster.

Meaning of thorn cluster

Noun

thorn cluster (plural thorn clusters)

  1. One of three consonant clusters historically believed by some scholars to have existed in Proto-Indo-European, all of which ended with the IPA sound /θ/ (then often symbolized as þ).
  2. Any of the reconstructed consonant clusters that have replaced the original thorn clusters in modern scholarship, which typically no longer contain the IPA /θ/.

Questions about thorn clusters

What is thorn clusters the plural of?
Thorn clusters is the plural of thorn cluster.

Words near thorn clusters in the dictionary

  1. thormboscintigraphy
  2. thorn
  3. thorn apple
  4. thorn apples
  5. thorn cluster
  6. thorn clusters
  7. thorn forest
  8. thorn forests
  9. thorn in someone's side
  10. thorn in the flesh
  11. thorn plum

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