Tokuda went over everything his grandfather had taught him, including the commentary that had barnacled on to the core knowledge.
Source: wiktionary
Barnacle
//ˈbɑːnəkl̩//
Synonyms for "barnacle" (44 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (22)
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
14 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
46 entriesShowing 16 of 46 words.
Translations
62 translations across 40 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- balan noun (marine crustacean)
Arabic
1 entries- بَرْنَقِيل noun (marine crustacean)
Bulgarian
1 entries- морски жълъд noun (marine crustacean)
Burmese
1 entries- ခရင်း noun (marine crustacean)
Catalan
1 entries- percebe noun (marine crustacean)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 藤壺 /藤壶 noun (marine crustacean)
Czech
1 entries- svijonožka noun (marine crustacean)
Danish
3 entries- balan noun (marine crustacean)
- rankefod noun (marine crustacean)
- rur noun (marine crustacean)
Dutch
1 entries- zeepok noun (marine crustacean)
Finnish
4 entries- fiksaus noun (engineering: change made on the manufacturing floor)
- herkkupala noun (slang: good job, or snack easily obtained)
- kakkulat noun (nickname for spectacles)
- rillit noun (nickname for spectacles)
French
1 entries- pouce-pied noun (marine crustacean)
Galician
1 entries- percebe noun (marine crustacean)
German
3 entries- Rankenfußkrebs noun (marine crustacean)
- Rankenfüßer noun (marine crustacean)
- Seepocke noun (marine crustacean)
Greek
1 entries- θυσανόποδο noun (marine crustacean)
Hindi
1 entries- बार्नेकल noun (marine crustacean)
Hungarian
1 entries- kacslábú rák noun (marine crustacean)
Icelandic
1 entries- hrúðurkarl noun (marine crustacean)
Irish
1 entries- giúrann noun (marine crustacean)
Italian
1 entries- lepade noun (marine crustacean)
Japanese
2 entries- フジツボ noun (marine crustacean)
- 富士壺 noun (marine crustacean)
Korean
1 entries- 따개비 noun (marine crustacean)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- дениз өрдөгү noun (marine crustacean)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ūsakojis noun (marine crustacean)
Lushootseed
1 entries- c'ubc'ub noun (marine crustacean)
Macedonian
3 entries- лу́пар noun (marine crustacean)
- мо́рски рак noun (marine crustacean)
- о́чила noun (nickname for spectacles)
Malay
1 entries- teritip noun (marine crustacean)
Māori
2 entries- pātitotito noun (marine crustacean)
- tiotio noun (marine crustacean)
Nootka
1 entries- ƛaan̕uł noun (marine crustacean)
Polish
1 entries- wąsonóg noun (marine crustacean)
Portuguese
4 entries- bernacla noun (marine crustacean)
- craca noun (marine crustacean)
- percebe noun (marine crustacean)
- perceve noun (marine crustacean)
Russian
4 entries- бала́нус noun (marine crustacean)
- баля́нус noun (marine crustacean)
- морска́я у́точка noun (marine crustacean)
- морско́й жёлудь noun (marine crustacean)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- giùran noun (marine crustacean)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- lupar noun (marine crustacean)
Spanish
3 entries- balano noun (marine crustacean)
- bálano noun (marine crustacean)
- percebe noun (marine crustacean)
Swedish
1 entries- rankfoting noun (marine crustacean)
Tagalog
1 entries- taliptip noun (marine crustacean)
Thai
1 entries- เพรียง noun (marine crustacean)
Turkish
1 entries- sülükayaklı noun (marine crustacean)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hà noun (marine crustacean)
Welsh
2 entries- cragen grachod noun (marine crustacean)
- cragen long noun (marine crustacean)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
To dream that some things just barnacle to your heart, and it might take years, or it might always just be there.
Source: wiktionary
He turned a corner to where he supposed the cupboard might be, to find Howie and Alanna barnacled together in an embrace.
Source: wiktionary
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