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wattle

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To bind, wall, fence, or otherwise fit with wattles.
  • To form by interweaving twigs or branches: as, to wattle a fence.
  • To interweave; interlace; form into basket-work or network.
  • To switch; beat.
  • noun A framework made of interwoven rods or twigs; a hurdle. See hurdle.
  • noun A rod; a wand; a switch; a twig.
  • noun A basket; a bag or wallet.
  • noun In ornithology, a fleshy lobe hanging from the front of the head; specifically, such a lobe of the domestic hen, or a like formation of any bird.
  • noun A flap of skin forming a sort of dewlap on each side of the neck of some domestic swine.
  • noun In ichthyology, a fleshy excrescence about the mouth; a barbel.
  • noun One of various Australian and Tasmanian acacias, valued to some extent for their wood and for their gum, but more for their bark, which is rich in tannin.
  • noun In heraldry, a wattle or dewlap used in a bearing. Compare wattled.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To bind with twigs.
  • transitive verb To twist or interweave, one with another, as twigs; to form a network with; to plat.
  • transitive verb To form, by interweaving or platting twigs.
  • noun A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.
  • noun A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
  • noun A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile.
  • noun Barbel of a fish.
  • noun The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning; -- called also wattle bark.
  • noun Material consisting of wattled twigs, withes, etc., used for walls, fences, and the like.
  • noun (Bot.) In Australasia, any tree of the genus Acacia; -- so called from the wattles, or hurdles, which the early settlers made of the long, pliable branches or of the split stems of the slender species. The bark of such trees is also called wattle. See also Savanna wattle, under Savanna.
  • noun (Zoöl.) Same as Brush turkey.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
  • noun A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.
  • noun A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
  • noun Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.
  • noun Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia.
  • verb transitive To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle
  • noun a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
  • verb interlace to form wattle
  • verb build of or with wattle
  • noun framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence

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Examples

  • Those marks on my face are wrinkles, and that thing under my chin is called a wattle, which is only going to hang lower in years to come.

    You've got to be kidding. Angry Professor 2005

  • Those marks on my face are wrinkles, and that thing under my chin is called a wattle, which is only going to hang lower in years to come.

    Archive 2005-10-01 Angry Professor 2005

  • A wattle is the bit of flesh below a rooster’s beak.

    Why Roosters Have Wattles 2009

  • The wattle was a framework of woven withes covered by layers of daub consisting of clay, lime, horsehair, and cow dung.

    BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980

  • To make the open frames livable buildings, carpenters and masons in other European countries and the British Isles commonly filled in between the timbers with bricks, plaster, or a plaster-and-stick composite called wattle and daub.

    BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980

  • To make the open frames livable buildings, carpenters and masons in other European countries and the British Isles commonly filled in between the timbers with bricks, plaster, or a plaster-and-stick composite called wattle and daub.

    BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980

  • The wattle was a framework of woven withes covered by layers of daub consisting of clay, lime, horsehair, and cow dung.

    BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980

  • To make the open frames livable buildings, carpenters and masons in other European countries and the British Isles commonly filled in between the timbers with bricks, plaster, or a plaster-and-stick composite called wattle and daub.

    BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980

  • To make the open frames livable buildings, carpenters and masons in other European countries and the British Isles commonly filled in between the timbers with bricks, plaster, or a plaster-and-stick composite called wattle and daub.

    BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980

  • The wattle was a framework of woven withes covered by layers of daub consisting of clay, lime, horsehair, and cow dung.

    BUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME HOUSE Tedd Benson 1980

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synonyms (88)

Words with the same meaning

  1. arabesque
  2. basketry
  3. basketwork
  4. bind
  5. braid
  6. cancellation
  7. cross-hatching
  8. crossing-out
  9. dewlap
  10. enlace
  11. entwine
  12. filigree
  13. fret
  14. fretwork
  15. gill
  16. grate
  17. grating
  18. grid
  19. gridiron
  20. grille
  21. grillwork
  22. hachure
  23. hatching
  24. interknit
  25. interlace
  26. interlacement
  27. intertexture
  28. intertie
  29. intertissue
  30. intertwine
  31. intertwinement
  32. intertwist
  33. interweave
  34. intort
  35. jewing
  36. jollop
  37. jowl
  38. knit
  39. lace
  40. lacery
  41. lacework
  42. lacing
  43. lattice
  44. latticework
  45. loom
  46. loop
  47. mat
  48. mesh
  49. meshes
  50. meshwork
  51. net
  52. netting
  53. network
  54. noose
  55. plait
  56. plat
  57. pleach
  58. plexure
  59. plexus
  60. raddle
  61. reticle
  62. reticulation
  63. reticule
  64. reticulum
  65. riddle
  66. screen
  67. screening
  68. sieve
  69. splice
  70. switch
  71. texture
  72. tissue
  73. tracery
  74. trellis
  75. trelliswork
  76. twill
  77. twine
  78. twist
  79. weave
  80. weaving
  81. web
  82. webbing
  83. webwork
  84. weft
  85. wicker
  86. wickerwork
  87. withe
  88. wreathe

hypernyms (12)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. build
  2. caruncle
  3. caruncula
  4. construct
  5. enlace
  6. entwine
  7. framework
  8. interlace
  9. intertwine
  10. lace
  11. make
  12. twine

same context (16)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. bamboo
  2. caruncle
  3. cockscomb
  4. comb
  5. crest
  6. daub
  7. dogwood
  8. eucalyptus
  9. lath
  10. magnolia
  11. mimosa
  12. palmetto
  13. poplar
  14. snood
  15. thatch
  16. weatherboard

variants (2)

Variants

  1. savanna
  2. wattle bark

forms (4)

Forms

  1. wattled
  2. wattles
  3. wattling
  4. wattle and daub

cross-references (11)

Cross-references

  1. african wattle
  2. alpine wattle
  3. black wattle
  4. prickly wattle
  5. raspberry-jam wattle
  6. savannah wattle
  7. silver wattle
  8. soap-pod wattle
  9. varnish-wattle
  10. wallaby wattle
  11. wattle and daub

rhymes (6)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. bottel
  2. bottle
  3. cottle
  4. glottal
  5. pottle
  6. throttle

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  • skipvia commented on the word wattle

    See caruncle.

    November 22, 2007

  • mollusque commented on the word wattle

    A tree or shrub of the genus Acacia.

    December 18, 2007

  • bilby commented on the word wattle

    Wattle reesetee be listing next?!

    December 18, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the word wattle

    Watch it--I may start a list of bird parts. ;->

    Anyway, that was a mollusque addition, I believe. We're charter members of the Shared List Club.

    December 18, 2007

  • bilby commented on the word wattle

    Any word whose definition commences: "a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin" has many interesting possibilities.

    Does the assembled Conference of Avians hereby approve?

    25 mapies say 'Aye'.

    And those birds on the fence or against?

    1 popinjay says 'Nay'.

    MOTION CARRIED.

    December 18, 2007

  • mollusque commented on the word wattle

    Buzzard gizzard. How's that for a bird part?

    December 18, 2007

  • bilby commented on the word wattle

    Luvverly. Can I swap one for a wagtail's entrails?

    December 18, 2007

  • chained_bear commented on the word wattle

    reesetee, you don't already have a Bird Parts list?! Shameful! (<--me posing as a listmistress)

    December 18, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the word wattle

    Hey, I only have two hands, you know! Why, I haven't even begun to think about my bird vocalizations list....

    December 18, 2007

  • oroboros commented on the word wattle

    You know, wattle and waffle would have the same definition...except for two very good reasons.

    October 19, 2008

  • grant_barrett commented on the word wattle

    This word was chosen as Wordnik word of the day.

    November 11, 2009

  • jaime_d commented on the word wattle

    From "A Field of Snow on a Slope of the Rosenberg" by Guy Davenport.

    January 19, 2010