wattle
A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or…A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
» Nowadays, few ordinary city dwellers ever use the word "wattle".
В настоящее время, немногие из обычных городских жителей когда-либо используют слово «плетень».
Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
Flechtwerk
плете́ньpleténʹ, плетёный забо́рpletjónyj zabór
плітplit
framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence
(countable, uncountable)A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
(countable, uncountable)A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.
Kehllappen
серёжкаserjóžka, боро́дкаboródka
борідкаboridka
a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
(countable, uncountable)A barbel of a fish.
(countable, uncountable)A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
Glöckchen, Berlocke
боро́дкаboródka
(countable, uncountable)Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.
двойно́й подборо́докdvojnój podboródok
(countable, uncountable)Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning, seen as a national emblem of Australia.
Gold-Akazie
ака́цияakácija, австрали́йская ака́цияavstralíjskaja akácija
австралійська акаціяavstralijsʹka akacija
(countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)An ear (organ of hearing).
Examples
1 sentencesNowadays, few ordinary city dwellers ever use the word "wattle".
ruВ настоящее время, немногие из обычных городских жителей когда-либо используют слово «плетень». — mutternoise
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wattel, watel, from Old English watel, watul (“hurdle”). Ultimately frFrom Middle English wattel, watel, from Old English watel, watul (“hurdle”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend”).
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Forms
plural: wattlesSynonyms
1 synonyms- a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards:lappet
Word family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable