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1. (n.) wattle
Often, wattles. a number of rods or stakes interwoven with twigs or tree branches for making fences, walls, etc.
2. wattle
wattles, a number of poles laid on a roof to hold thatch.
3. (v.t.) wattle
to bind, wall, fence, etc., with wattle or wattles.
4. wattle
to make or construct by interweaving twigs or branches:
to wattle a fence.
5. (adj.) wattle
built or roofed with wattle or wattles.
6. (n.) wattle
a fleshy lobe hanging down from the throat or chin of certain birds, as the domestic turkey.
Etymology: (1505–15)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) wattle, lappet
a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
2. (noun) wattle
framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence
3. (verb) wattle
any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle
4. (verb) wattle
build of or with wattle
5. (verb) wattle
interlace to form wattle
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) wattle
a twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods
2. (noun) wattle
a rod laid on a roof to support the thatch
3. (noun) wattle
a naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile
4. (noun) wattle
barbel of a fish
5. (noun) wattle
the astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning; -- called also wattle bark
6. (noun) wattle
the trees from which the bark is obtained. See Savanna wattle, under Savanna
7. (verb) wattle
to bind with twigs
8. (verb) wattle
to twist or interweave, one with another, as twigs; to form a network with; to plat; as, to wattle branches
9. (verb) wattle
to form, by interweaving or platting twigs
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