Quorn
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Definitions
- 1 A famous fox hunt (one of the world's oldest, established in 1696) in Leicestershire. with-definite-article
"The House of More has a pretty Georgian paneling through most of the rooms, but in the dining room the walls are level and painted a dull stone color. […] Some photographs of the Quorn hung over the mantelpiece, and five or six drab ancestors filled up the remaining space."
- 2 A village and civil parish (formerly Quorndon) in Charnwood district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5616).
- 3 A town in Flinders Ranges council area, South Australia.
- 4 A mycoprotein-based food product used as a substitute for meat.
"It is now easier for a vegetarian to eat sufficient protein because of products such as Quorn, tofu and textured vegetable protein."
Example
More examples"The House of More has a pretty Georgian paneling through most of the rooms, but in the dining room the walls are level and painted a dull stone color. […] Some photographs of the Quorn hung over the mantelpiece, and five or six drab ancestors filled up the remaining space."
Etymology
Shortened from earlier Quorndon, from Old English cweorndun, from cweorn (“millstone; quern”) + dun (“hill”). The fox hunt, the meat substitute and the town in Australia are named after the village in Leicestershire.
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