The hawthorn tree was tall.
Source: tatoeba (4349884)
Hawthorn
//ˈhɔ.θɔɹn//
Synonyms for "hawthorn" (19 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (9)
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2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
38 entriesShowing 16 of 38 words.
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1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
103 translations across 66 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- murriz noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Arabic
2 entries- زَعْرُور noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- زُعْرُور noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Armenian
3 entries- ալոճենի noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- սզնի noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- սինձ noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- alıç noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- yemişan noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Bashkir
4 entries- дунала noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- еҙәй noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- энәлек noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- ҡамыраш noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Basque
2 entries- elorri noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- elorriondo noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Breton
1 entries- spern-gwenn noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Bulgarian
1 entries- глог noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Catalan
2 entries- albespí noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- arç blanc noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- گۆیِژ noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 山楂 noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Cornish
2 entries- hogan noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- spernen wynn noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Czech
1 entries- hloh noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Danish
1 entries- tjørn noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Dutch
2 entries- haagdoorn noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- meidoorn noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Esperanto
1 entries- kratago noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Finnish
1 entries- orapihlaja noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
French
1 entries- aubépine noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Galician
4 entries- espiño albar noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- espiño cambrón noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- estripeiro noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- estripo noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Georgian
1 entries- კუნელი noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
German
2 entries- Hagedorn noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- Weißdorn noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Greek
1 entries- κράταιγος noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Hungarian
1 entries- galagonya noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Irish
1 entries- sceach gheal noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Italian
1 entries- biancospino noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Japanese
2 entries- サンザシ noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- 山査子 noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Kazakh
1 entries- долана noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Khakas
1 entries- тоо noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Korean
4 entries- 동배나무 noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- 뚱광나무 noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- 산사나무 noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- 아가위나무 noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- долоно noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Low German
2 entries- Mehldorn noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- Wittdoorn noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- głog noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Macedonian
1 entries- глог noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Maltese
1 entries- żagħrun noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡠᠮᡦᡠ noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Mazanderani
1 entries- ولیک noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Middle English
2 entries- hawe tre noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- hawthorn noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Norman
1 entries- blianche êpîngne noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- guhîj noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آق دیكن noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Pannonian Rusyn
3 entries- глог noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- гложина noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- ґалаґоня noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Persian
1 entries- نلک noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Polish
1 entries- głóg noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Portuguese
1 entries- espinheiro branco noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Romanian
2 entries- albaspină noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- păducel noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Romansch
1 entries- chagliastretg noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Russian
1 entries- боя́рышник noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sgìtheach noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Seneca
1 entries- awéoek noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- glog noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Slovak
1 entries- hloh noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Slovene
1 entries- glog noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Spanish
3 entries- espino albar noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- espino blanco noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- majuelo noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Swedish
1 entries- hagtorn noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Tarifit
1 entries- admam noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Tatar
2 entries- дүләнә noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- камыр агачы noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Thai
1 entries- ซานจา noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Turkish
1 entries- alıç noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Turkmen
1 entries- ýemşen noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Ukrainian
1 entries- глід noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Uyghur
1 entries- دولانا noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Uzbek
1 entries- doʻlana noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sơn tra noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Volapük
2 entries- krateg noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- redakrateg noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Welsh
1 entries- draenen wen noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Yakut
2 entries- долохоно noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
- долохуна noun (shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The hawthorn bush was growing rapidly.
Source: tatoeba (12901489)
Proust, an author to whom Humboldt had introduced me and in whose work he gave me heavy instruction, said he was often attracted to people whose faces had something in them of a hawthorn hedge in bloom.
Source: wiktionary
In fact, a railway lined with hedgerows and shrubs would be perfect for reliability and biodiversity. Hawthorn, for example, can take a good cut and grow back strongly, while still providing shelter for creatures and acting as a natural fence line. Even palisade fencing can be climbed by a determined trespasser, but a good-size hawthorn hedge, lined with thorns and the inevitable brambles, is a serious obstacle.
Source: wiktionary
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